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What are CNN, Faux and MSNBC saying about speech? (Original Post) brettdale Jul 2016 OP
Tweety had a tingle up his leg. I hear someone on CNN said it doc03 Jul 2016 #1
Jeffrey Lord said the FDR thing. He's a Trump surrogate on CNN. woolldog Jul 2016 #5
we are in trouble vadermike Jul 2016 #2
You sure scare easy. Loki Liesmith Jul 2016 #4
Aww come on rjsquirrel Jul 2016 #6
Oh for god's sakes. Stop it. That convention was a clusterfuck. AgadorSparticus Jul 2016 #10
Tweety had another tingly feeling.. LW1977 Jul 2016 #3
Tweety thinks with his tingle virtualobserver Jul 2016 #8
PBS Mark Shields said: moonscape Jul 2016 #7
Did not see FOX... Mike Nelson Jul 2016 #9
It doesn't matter what they think...its what American voters think davidn3600 Jul 2016 #11

doc03

(35,382 posts)
1. Tweety had a tingle up his leg. I hear someone on CNN said it
Thu Jul 21, 2016, 11:56 PM
Jul 2016

was like FDR. I am sure Faux will think it was the best since Raygun.

moonscape

(4,673 posts)
7. PBS Mark Shields said:
Fri Jul 22, 2016, 12:05 AM
Jul 2016

"If I had to sum it up I'd say "It's always darkest before it goes pitch black" It was not morning in America, it was midnight in America"

David Brooks said it was relentlessly dark. The shouting got to him. And focus on Law and Order was wrong ... and ... wait for it ... "Hillary Clinton is going to drive a truck through it" )

 

davidn3600

(6,342 posts)
11. It doesn't matter what they think...its what American voters think
Fri Jul 22, 2016, 12:20 AM
Jul 2016

What did the independents think of this? What did the undecided voters think of this? We can only speculate?

It was dark and angry and perhaps fear-mongering. That might have rubbed people the wrong way. It may have turned voters off.

But perhaps that kind of speech matches with what much of the public feels right now. A strong majority of Americans are angry at their government. They think the country is on the wrong track. So perhaps to a voter like that, this speech came off as realistic instead of the typical sugar-coated and positive speeches you typically hear at these conventions.

Just some thoughts.

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