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[Hope And Change]

Erm... I'm sorry, but that video is misleading.

The clips from the speech in that video are from the END of the speech. Of course he gets some applause then.

But it's not like he's hiding anything - a video of the whole speech was uploaded by his campaign. Watch it -
http://youtube.com/watch?v=j1nno1El3-g - and what do you know, the room IS quiet. You can hear people cough.

True, there are a couple of points where he gets some mild applause. It would be incredible if there was no applause at all anywhere in the speech, particularly when he's talking about preserving jobs in the auto industry, but at many key points, like right after that when he talks about fuel efficiency standards - complete silence.

Simply put, his comment that the room got really quiet is true. It did.

Posted by: Aengil | May 16, 2008 at 12:43 AM

This is an absurd comparison. Sen. Obama's speech in Detroit was definitely poorly received by industry insiders:


"Obama talks tough on Detroit
Criticism of auto industry could make winning support an uphill battle":

http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080514/BUSINESS01/805140387/1014

"Obama's Tough Talk Backfires in Motown":

http://www.newsweek.com/id/34740

"Bill Ford, Jr. Miffed by Obama's Criticism of Auto Industry":

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,277013,00.html

Posted by: Travis | May 16, 2008 at 02:02 AM

Dear Don and Andrew,

I wonder if you consider yourselves objective journalists. Judge for yourselves -- here is the complete speech:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=j1nno1El3-g

And here are commentaries written at the time the speech was delivered by
(1) Newsweek:http://www.newsweek.com/id/34740

(2) Fox News: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,277013,00.html

Having seen the video and read through both articles, I think he is right and you are wrong.

Posted by: John Paul Telhomme | May 16, 2008 at 04:50 AM

Yeah, a standing ovation WHEN HE CONCLUDED HIS SPEECH. Sounded like he got little more than "pity applause" for his line about increasing fuel-efficiency to me.

This is stupid, and the premise that it's the equivalent of Hillary's sniper-fire comment is absurd.

Posted by: Chris Carlson | May 16, 2008 at 05:00 AM

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/05/obamaclap.html