Kaine is CONNECTING with AMERICANS! YES!!!!!

[TrueAmerican]

Says the States led by Democrats have picked up the slack from the Bush's failures.

[dogday]

1. He is a good orator

very good, I like his style....

[skooooo]

2. me too..

[annabanana]

9. I didn't think he HAD a "style". . . . .eom

[SPKrazy]

33. Too stiff

no emotion

rogue eyebrow

[saracat]

43. Are you deaf, or blind? I don't mean to be insulting but

there was nothing good about this speech. He delivered it like an automaton and kept raising his eyebrow for no particular reason. He had no substance and no solutions. The DNC "together we can do better" doesn't work. It was totally lackluster and designed to appeal to repukes who will NOT vote for us anyway. And they sure won't vote for us if we are just another version of the GOP> There was little difference between Kaine and Bush. He never did point out HOW we would do better except move to Va.!

[Mike Nelson]

3. I did not like him

I didn't hear him call Bush a liar

[oasis]

4. Like that would go over big.

[Straight Shooter]

5. Hahahahaha!

Well, you're not going to get to hear him call bush a smirking sniveling snotnosed pig, either. :)

[brook]

6. As if that needed to be pointed out?n/t

[liberalnurse]

8. You have to listen

"between the lines"...it was there.

[Kierkegaard]

16. Well

he didn't call Capt. Asshat a vile, brain-damaged fascist fuckwit with bad breath, beady eyes and a small pecker, either. I was holding out hope, but didn't really expect to hear it in so many words.

[carpediem]

7. I didn't think it would be good,

but he is probably connecting with the independents and unhappy repubs. The ones who say they can't vote for a dem, but hate the way the repubs are going.

[TornadoTN]

14. Maybe, but I think differently

I like Kaine a great deal and his speech had a great deal of substance, but the speech wasn't delivered with any kind of emotional appeal. It seemed forced and he seemed uncomfortable.

The problem lies in that most middle of the road voters either had already tuned out or changed the channel once they saw how forced he was. It's a shame, but just my two cents.

[upi402]

10. huh? Ya mean I'm not American???

[McCamy Taylor]

11. He was a good salesman for the Democrats.

[lastknowngood]

12. Yea the repugs who will never vote dem. just another DLC DINO

n/t

[msongs]

18. yeah kaine really loves the glbt crowd. will he run them out of VA?

imagine a republican giving the dems response har har.

why not gore or hillary or kennedy or some democrat?

Msongs
www.msongs.com/liberaltshirts.htm

[Joe the Revelator]

21. What are you talking about?

Kaine is not a DINO in any sense of the word.

[sandnsea]

19. If that's the case

We're in for a world of trouble because in case you hadn't noticed, Dems are losing and losing big.

But this guy didn't. And neither did Salazar, Schweitzer, and a bunch of other Dems who were cheered when they won, until you found out they're centrists like most of America.

[Jim Sagle]

20. Chickenshit bullshit.

[msongs]

23. gee I didnt know the bush gang were centrists, but thanks for

telling me the more we act like bush the better our chances of winning.

last time I heard the blab the values espoused by true dems were supported by
the majority of the americans polled bla bla bla.

guess that was wrong.

electing a dem who is to the right of arnold schwarzenneger is not my idea of
progress.

Msongs
www.msongs.com/liberalshirts.htm

PS - maybe I should make some republican-lite shirts too :-)

[sandnsea]

40. Because that's exactly what I said

Right. :eyes:

These are the Dems winning in the states that everybody said we needed to start winning. Just the way it is.

[upi402]

24. if a DINO wins, Dems lose. This is the situation we hate to face

[sandnsea]

39. No

These are the kinds of Dems who are winning in the purple areas, that's what DU hates to face.

[eggman67]

44. Yep

Kinda like Casey is going to rid us of Scrotorum in November.

[FSogol]

13. Nice speech Kaine.

Loved the theme of current Federal Government mismanagement.

[messiah]

15. boring people changed the channel

[sandnsea]

17. A rational indictment

with rational solutions. He could have been a little more fired up, but otherwise it was a good speech.

[Susan43]

22. OMG!!!

I thought he was boring. He sounded like an amateur.

[Sgent]

25. The speech itself was very good

I wasn't as impressed with the delivery -- he looked like a recent graduate of a high school public speaking class.

[hopeisaplace]

26. I thought he did a pretty good job, yes I agree

[mvd]

27. I usually like fire, but..

he was such a contrast from that idiot that it wasn't a failure IMO.

[SaveElmer]

28. Kaine did a great job...

People are looking for mature adult leadership, unlike the "hold my breath till I turn blue" crowd in there now. Kaine hit exactly the right tone, made good reasoned criticsims of *, and offered an adult alternative.

[T Town Jake]

29. I agree. I believe Governor Kaine delivered an excellent response.

n/t

[VADem11]

30. I liked it

It wasn't the best speech I've ever heard and he did probably rehearse it too much but it was sincere and hit the main points. It was at least better than last year's.

[JanusAscending]

45. Please refresh my memory,

Who did last years???

[jackpan1260]

31. I thought it was good. eom

[AX10]

32. He's right. The Democrats must demonstrate that they....

will lead the nation.

[redherring]

34. Don't look at his face in order to judge him.

Listen to his speech. I think some people are too damn superficial and are judging his speech based on his looks alone. I thought he gave a really good speech. All I know is he connected with me.

[bigwillq]

35. Kaine is against gay rights

So I'm against him. End of story for me. I'm glad a DEM stayed in control of VA but that's all I'm glad about him for. I didn't watch his rebuttal though.

[Joe the Revelator]

41. Last Time I checked

Kaine said he would oppose a federal constitutional amendment to ban gay marriages.

[mzmolly]

36. I think he threw off the opposition and called Bush out calmly.

I'd love to see a bit more "fire" but overall he said what needed to be said and he did so calmly.

:)

[seg4527]

37. Yawn

I got to give them kudos for trying, I guess. Same story, new face.

[FreedomAngel82]

38. The speech wasn't too bad

I liked how he focused on the democrats doing things and working with republicans. I think he did pretty well over all.

[mmonk]

42. I don't know. I'd rather have someone start being upfront.

I guess dems like the war thing and such. They seem to like variations of today's versions of political economics as well. He did a fair job on the between the lines stuff but if the audience doesn't have a clue, what do they take from it?