Reaction to Romney's acceptance speech
Ok. I just saw Romney's speech. My detailed thoughts are below. Overall I give it a B-/B.
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Started off awful and awkward, but his delivery got better as the speech progressed. There were some touching personal anecdotes, but i thought he talked too much about his personal life. And aesthetically, his facial reactions and body language were a bit off.
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He had some powerful lines, especially regarding the disappointment of today vs the hope surrounding Obama's election in 2008. His line, "if you were excited about obama on election night, what does it tell you that you don't feel that way now that he's been president?", was effective and underscores his argument to independents that it's ok to fire Obama after 4 years.
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I was VERY disappointed with the substance of his speech when it came to policy. I agree with James Carville of CNN on this. Nothing Romney said about economic, foreign, or social policy, is different from what George W. Bush would have said. There were few specific proposals. Romney just went through 5 points on his plan to revive the economy, but they were too broad. I suppose Romney did not want to propose new policies or go against the grain during his acceptance speech. Perhaps he's saving that for the debates or the stump speech? We shall see.
Overall, Romney's speech was nowhere close to the caliber of Condi Rice and Ryan's speeches, which were by far the best at this convention. Nonetheless, I'm still pumped up and cannot wait to see Romney as our next President.
Romney went to HBS he is so baller
Romney is just an awkward motherfucker...
Did not enjoy the speech. Didn't expect to. It's just not his gift.
-The part praising women seemed forced -There wasn't anything substantive about his economic, social or foreign policy -The end where he switched focused to Iran and Russia was a bit unsettling
I agree 100% with this. The part where he talked about his mom finding out about his dad's death when she did not receive a rose, was creepy because he had a smirk/smile when he was talking about it. Huh? It was really creepy, as if he was glad that he got to tell a story that ostensibly appeals to women.
The lack of interesting policy proposals really upset me, as a policy geek. And his hawkish stance towards Russia, Iran, and China, sent chills down my spine, as it is verbatim what the neocons would want. That part actually disturbs me greatly since by all indication, Romney will bring in neocons to his foreign policy team.
It felt really weird when he was talking about what it feels like for someone making hourly wage and has to take two $9/hourly wage job to make for the one he lost. And some other lines related to this. He was clearly trying to connect with lower/middle income American people but it sounded so insincere.
One more thing. That Clint Eastwood monologue (i will not dignify it by using the word "speech") was downright bizarre, creepy, and ineffective. It was nothing more than a debacle, and I'm furious at the RNC for allowing that old senile man to embarrass himself and the party with his show tonight. It was simply unbelievable.
Btw did Erin Burnett look better than normal tonight?
I didn't watch tonight because I'd rather pierce my cock with a fork than suffer through that shit but all I'm seeing on twitter, Internet, etc is that Ryan's speech was full of falsehoods and it was awful. Any comments on that?
As a politic hating 30year old, I have found myself more intwind with our current election then ever before. Maybe its because I've been layed off twice due to "corporate restructuring," or the fact I cant get the job I want with experience, and not compromising going back to school to drop useless $$$.
However, Ryan made 1 solid point and analogy. That its wrong/unfathomable, that 28year old adult children are still forced to live at home with their parents while staring up at their Pearl Jam posters!!!
Thought it was funny and relative.
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I watched some of it. Mostly anti-Obama administration, which wasn't a surprise. Here's two articles I read that fact checked. I know I shouldn't be surprised by how blatantly politicians lie, but I am...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/paul-ryan-fails----t…
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/post/paul-ryans-disho…
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I sincerely hope you're right, although I disagree with your thoughts on the convention. I thought it was utterly mediocre, with the exceptions of condi and ryan. I actually did not like rubio's speech that much. He talked way too much about himself. And the whole immigrant story, although moving, is getting tiring. It didn't hit the spot for me.
But dude he went to HBS. The H-Bomb is all he needs. Think about all the chicks he's slaying.
Dude, Im a diehard republican but I know R squared is going to get slaughtered in November.
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Sure Obama won't get many of the votes he got in '08, but Romney can't even connect with anybody in this country with the exception of wealthy east coasters.
Think about how poorly Romney will do in the south and mid west. He's not the "right" religion and he is completely out of touch. A good politician can appeal to almost anybody, Romney is not a good politician.
Truthfully, the more and more Romney says and does this campaign, the more I dislike him. Used to think he could be a good president, not even close anymore.
Rubio's intro was the best part of the night IMO and i agree about Eastwood wtf was that???
Romney came across better than expected. Not enough for me to vote for or against him, but he did alright.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/6yD43OrcjDI
Eastwood didn't have a "speech", more of a rambling rant that had no real clear message. Hard to transition to someone like him when we are all expecting some uptight politician with a teleprompter.
There's a live Romney / Ryan speech right now on the BBC from Florida and I must say, Romney has improved as a public speaker since the last time I saw him during the nominee debates. Ryan is a pretty decent speaker as well and seems to work the crowd much better than Romney.
Its also quite funny seeing them give a speech in front of a jumbo jet and a 50ft tall American flag. So much money is wasted in US presidential elections and it's all so theatrical and OTT. Politicians over here travel around on public trains or 3-4 car motorcades, not a million-dollar plane =P
Romneys views and comments on China / Iran and foreign policy in general are worrying though!
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