What was your favorite part of Obama's speech tonight?

[Lucinda]

I havent seen the vid yet, just read it. What was your favorite part?

[donco6]

1. I think "Enough!" summed it up for me.

Or maybe Eight is Enough. Both were good, though one was funny and the other just flat-out dead serious.

[Darth_Ole]

3. "McCain likes to say he'll follow bin Laden to the Gates of Hell.

But he hasn't even followed him to the cave where he lives!"

[FrenchieCat]

2. When he was kicking McCain's ass all up and down the curb.....

That part was nice.

[Arugula Latte]

5. Yep. And the crowd ate that up with a spoon.

People have a gut-level, visceral feeling that we have to FIGHT these bastards like they've fought us for three decades.

[elkston]

4. "Own Your Failure!". I loved that part.

[curious one]

6. I loved it all.

[TTUBatfan2008]

7. There were too many great lines to really single anything out...

but I would say "ENOUGH!" sums it up pretty well.

[BlooInBloo]

8. Yup.

[d_b]

9. what the nay sayers don't understand

is that this election was never about me, it's about you.

[Hippo_Tron]

10. John McCain, we all love our country

[Oak2004]

11. I like so much of it, but the second time around something particularly nasty (from a debater's

standpoint) stood out: he said he would not go after McCain by saying that he has taken his positions for political purposes.

McCain has flip-flopped on so many positions, and finds himself saddled with so many positions he probably would like to jettison. Generally we understand all this funny position-flopping as political in nature, and no one is much surprised by it.

But what if your opponent chooses to see all those positions as positions sincerely taken, and rather than dismissing the inconsistencies as political business as usual, insists upon debating you at your word? That can get very very uncomfortable very fast. I almost imagine John McCain hearing that line and shouting out "but they are political!"

[TahitiNut]

12. "What they don't get is this election isn't about me. It's about YOU."

"In times like these, change doesn't come FROM Washington. In times like these change comes TO Washington!"

... and many, many more.

Chris Matthews said it right immediately afterwards: "I think what he said is about us. And that's why we cared so much about what he said."
Say what you will about Tweety, but I think he nailed it right then.

[TeamJordan23]

13. When Obama walked out after his tribute video. You could see tears in his eyes.

All the years of hardwork and sacrifice by his mother and it all paid off today.

[amitten]

14. "Change doesn't come FROM Washington, it comes TO

Washington."

:bounce:

[CreekDog]

15. "their message is...you're on your own!"

took it straight to their crappy message.

[KT2000]

16. "I get it"

it was the attitude and connection

also - sat on their hand while people were drowning.

[grantcart]

20. me too for a minute I thought he was talking to DU lol

[MadBadger]

17. How we are all patriotic.

[qwlauren35]

18. We may not agree on abortion...

But we DO agree on the need to reduce unwanted pregnancies.

We may not agree on same sex marriage, but we do agree that people should be able to see their loved ones in a hospital, and live without discrimination.


Eight is enough.

The right and the responsibility...

Foreclosures, credit card debt... the government may not be the reason, but they sure haven't helped.

This isn't about me. It's about YOU.

[Barack_America]

19. Definitely, "ENOUGH!". Hearing him say that and repeating it to myself was so cathartic. nt

[Mojambo]

21. ENOUGH! n/t

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

22. "I've got news for you, John McCain. We ALL put America First."

That and "ENOUGH."

I almost hoped that Obama would reveal McCain as a Red Lectroid from the 8th Dimension for a moment there.

[TheDonkey]

23. When he kicked McCain in the nutz. (ie. when he detailed what "change" is)

and how McClown is the opposite of what we need.

[dailykoff]

24. Flawless delivery.

Watching it here now, heard a few clips on the radio earlier:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x177121

So far, just a perfect performance.

[TheDonkey]

25. watching the replay. Forgot about the "McCain says he will follow Osama to the gates of hell"

line! WOW that was a SLAP if I ever saw one.

[SemiCharmedQuark]

26. When he took McCain's patriotism crap on.

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

27. "When you don't have a record to run on, you make your opponent someone to run from."

"You make a huge election about small things."

Really it was filled with gems like this, very powerful.

[Awsi Dooger]

28. I loved it when he turned aggressive

I was watching two football games online simultaneous to the convention, the Dolphins and Canes.

When Obama began speaking I was turning back and forth, laptop to TV. Early in Obama's speech I thought it was somewhat pedestrian language and I was worried he would be less than his best.

At some point he got a stern expression and made it clear he wasn't a fluffy pushover. That's what jumped out at me. I can't remember an exact line, only that it was glaring he changed the tone and stayed there. I was still watching football but Obama struck me as extremely impressive. I didn't even need to watch a replay or hear reviews.

Also, Obama's speech served to make one thing very clear, that John Kerry's speech was severely overrated. Last night Kerry's effort was lauded here and elsewhere merely because it was what most posters wanted, confrontational. But Kerry came across as bitter and angry, exhaust from 2004. Obama had many of the same themes but was forceful, not angry, and much classier with better wording and transitions. Kerry's speech is doomed to be forgotten, and rightfully so.