Comments on: Rundle 08: We’ve just seen one of the great American speeches

By: Row

Row — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

@Mark, Obama writes his own speeches.

@Graeme Lewis, just face the facts, you’re a blind fool. Obama hasn’t got substance? I suppose you think that Howard and Bush are drowning in the stuff, don’t you? Well if that is your idea of substance, you’re an idiot, as well as a blind fool.

By: Chris

Chris — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Sort of alarming cringe stuff with Palin wanting to shatter glass ceilings and Obama inextricably linked unable to walk alone. If you heard a sect gathering pumping out the same drivel you’d call 60 Minutes and local police. Maybe the ideal niche for Brendan when he’s finally given the flick….right at home amongst these unfettered emotional outpourings. Scares the daylights out of me.

By: Lloyd

Lloyd — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Crikey journalism is going downhill. Where is the substance In Your Speech? You criticize the “Show”. What were you expecting? How about something to chew on Crikey…

By: Christine

Christine — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Yech! Like him or not, the entire process is vomitous..

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

I wish that the Dems would show a little more spine, a little more fight. They’re just so Kim Beazley Incorporated sometimes.

By: Mark

Mark — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Politicians receive too much credit for their speeches. The only thing they really can be marked on is how it was delivered. Its got to the point where politicians speeches should be followed by a list of credits like in movies…Written by….., Directed by……, Produced by………

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

The most surreal moment for me was hearing a crowd of Republicans cheer for Hillary Clinton when Palin talked about the million cracks in the glass ceiling.

By: Graeme Lewis

Graeme Lewis — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

“Vomitous“‘Boosterism” Yes Joseph Elliott has summed it up! This hype about Obama is about spin and presentation - nothing about substance. We saw it with Kev07 as he wooed the masses with his hollow spin. Now after 9 months - nothing but nothing. The world needs substance, not spin or glamour. Obama just ain’t got it! Substance that is!!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

“and so does The Liberal Party but not many sensible folk really believe that either. The Liberals at least flesh some detail to their policies whilst Obama thus far has not.”

Is reading a website too hard? Do you expect the nuts and bolts of policy in stump speeches? Does McCain offer complicated policy detail in his speeches? This particular speech was supposed to be inspiring, reassuring, vast in scope and low on detail, just like McCain’s acceptance speech will be at the RNC. Obama, McCain and even the Liberals have policies, they’re just either bad policies or good policies depending on your point of view.

And yes it is my opinion that the Republican Party is made up of murderous sociopaths. Given their enthusiasm for and mishandling of the Iraq war and subsequent occupation, the continued existence of the Guantanamo Bay camp, their support for torture, extraordinary rendition…Christ the list goes on, I don’t think it is an inaccurate characterization.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Obama attacked McCain from just about every conceivable angle in his speech. I’m not sure what else he could’ve said and still remain courteous and reasonable. I’d love the Dems to call the Republicans out on the murderous sociopaths they are but that just won’t fly in flyover country.

By: JamesK

JamesK — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Rundle has had a dream as well and haven't we had a belly-full of it ....and for months on end.

I LISTENED to a speech and yet another good one from Obama. He was asked for substance but instead he decided to demonstrate a 'tougher side'.

He needs to start spelling out substantive policies.

By: DavidM

DavidM — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

YES…YES…YES….OMG we need this change….so long in coming.
Salvation and redemption of the US attitude to the world will benefit Australia’s foreign policy too…we can stop being a part of the murder of Iraqis and Afghans…it will go on as it always has….but we will not be part of it.

By: Perry Gretton

Perry Gretton — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

I watched the speech live (thanks to The Australian) and thought it was inspiring and uplifting. If he succeeds in delivering a quarter of what he promises, he’ll make a great president.

By: Nicholas

Nicholas — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Listening to him speak on my way to work sent chills down my spine. Absolutely brilliant! Makes me proud to be American… or Australian, rather.

By: Lozzalot

Lozzalot — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Read the first two comments and a couple of others and thought that we'd released the rednecks from the asylum.

Caught most of the speech on SBS "News Hour" (love that show.. at times) and thought there were parts for the locals and parts for us all.... and it was in the 'for all' parts that he truly shone, along with a couple of shots across the bow of John McCain.

If you think partisanship is bad in Oz, try the States. We are but learners at that 'game'. Certain countries are showing just what it is like to return to the future. I furgets which part *grin*

A Good international speech... and already the conservatives in the states are starting to "analyse" it... i.e. take sections out of context to (damn, can't help it} blacken his name and candidacy. Which when ya thinks about it sorta means that he scared them....... BIG TIME.

BTW, that is something that I have noticed with many of his speeches: there are times when he could be speaking to any audience on the planet, and then he is directing the comments to specific US problems/facts/circumstances.

Oh and also to those comparing him to Kev07... both will suffer from the lunacy of partisanship. The challenge is to overcome said partisanship, sanely

By: Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

He has a website full of substantive policies you dill!

By: Joseph Elliott

Joseph Elliott — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

This fan club style boosterism masquerading as coverage is getting vomitous.

By: JamesK

JamesK — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Gee Daniel, you spent jI suppose we should be grateful yet again that Daniel aka F-ckwit only spent 7 lines on his prejudiced soapbox describing fully one third of the population of another country as “murderous sociopaths”.

You are the sociopath Daniel.

By: JamesK

JamesK — Thu, 01 Jan 1970 10:00:00 +0000

Coming from some idiot who calls all Republicans "murderous sociopaths" I suppose that I shouldn't bother however Daniel:

1. You are an arrogant opinionated tosser
("I'd love the Dems to call the Republicans out on the murderous sociopaths they are but that just won't fly in flyover country")

2. "He has a website full of substantive policies you dill!"..... and so does The Liberal Party but not many sensible folk really believe that either. The Liberals at least flesh some detail to their policies whilst Obama thus far has not.