Even though with much of it I disagreed, I have to say I thought Barack Obama's acceptance speech last night at Invesco Field was an effective speech.
One doesn't have to agree with what was said to see effectiveness.
Obama used both soaring rhetoric, and talked about the practical; he showed passion and made himself to appear strong and decisive.
I think there will be things to pick apart, and the McCain camp will soon get busy doing so.
Obama carefully avoided discussing the surge in Iraq and his opposition to it. Gee, wonder why?
He tried to imply that the war in Iraq was a failure. It isn't.
He seems to want to try to out-tough John McCain on Osama Bin Laden, and on various other foreign policy topics. Good luck with that.
He got one of his biggest cheers when he promised tax CUTS to 95% of Americans!
Another sign that conservatism is winning, folks--don't forget that. The only way that these Democrats think they can win is to disguise themselves as tax-cutters and government-waste-choppers. In other words, they think they have to disguise themselves as conservatives! Always remember that.
Obama will surely get a bump out of the convention. But so, likely, will McCain.
We'll see where things stand at the end of next week.
