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By Purple Haize
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HOpe never EVER materialized and is overrated and I already have 4 beer stiens full of change!
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By 01LUGrad
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Making a prediction here:

Obama's convention speech will be heralded as "the greatest speech of our generation" by the media.

Book it.
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By flamesbball84
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01LUGrad wrote:Making a prediction here:

Obama's convention speech will be heralded as "the greatest speech of our generation" by the media.

Book it.
why just generation, i'm sure it will be of all time!
By Ed Dantes
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flamesbball84 wrote:
01LUGrad wrote:Making a prediction here:

Obama's convention speech will be heralded as "the greatest speech of our generation" by the media.

Book it.
why just generation, i'm sure it will be of all time!
BUT... Obama had a few chances at that already on the campaign trail (the major speech on race -- the one where he threw his grandmother under the bus, and the major speech in Germany)... and both of those were quietly heralded as great speeches... and then quickly forgotten because they were anything but.

Mercifully, the Obama speech comes on a Thursday night. You'll hear all about it on Friday, and Saturday and Sunday are part of a three-day weekend, so no one really cares. Monday's a little fish it's a holiday, and Bush is speaking at the GOP convention, so expect to hear buzz about that. McCain may make his Veep pick then, too, or wait until Tuesday. That'll have the politicos talking, and that nominee will speak Wednesday. All that leads up to Thursday night, when John McCain comes to the podium and addresses...

...absolutely no one, because America will be watching the opening night of the NFL season.

Still -- the point I'm making is that the media is going to be really, really busy right afer Obama speaks -- so don't be surprised if Obama's statement is quietly shuffled under the rug.
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By 01LUGrad
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01LUGrad wrote:Making a prediction here:

Obama's convention speech will be heralded as "the greatest speech of our generation" by the media.

Book it.
Hahahaha! I just heard this exact line on MSNBC by Keith Olberman! (By the way, I can't stand that guy)
By Hold My Own
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LOL yeah and I also heard a Dem say it was by no means a great speech but he did say things that he needed to be addressed
By 4everfsu
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Since the world is falling over Obama speeches here is a bumper stick or line to be used by McCain on Obama's lack of experience

Obama can read
but can he lead?
By Baldspot
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Obama - Osama


The only difference is BS.
By LUconn
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This thread will do. I just needed a place to post this.


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Probably the funniest scene in zoolander.
By thesportscritic
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LUconn wrote:This thread will do. I just needed a place to post this.


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Probably the funniest scene in zoolander.

:rofl
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