Audio of AU speech!

[ProSense]

John Kerry spoke at American University on Thursday, May 11 about patriotism and dissent at a time of war and the assault on free speech in America today


Found at Kerry's site: http://kerry.senate.gov/v3/cfm/home.cfm

[globalvillage]

1. Isn't that a wonderful speech?

I have it on my ipod.

Is he trying to lose the r at the end of idear? I wish he wouldn't. I know I heard 'idea' in there, though.
Tay, help me here. Does the 'r' have something to do with placement within a sentence?

I do realize this sounds a little obsessive, BTW.

[ProSense]

2. Enough is enough!

You can hear the anger in JK's voice.

[globalvillage]

3. He was fabulous.

He has a controlled anger that's very effective. It seems natural for him to go to the edge without jumping off as many would be tempted to do.

I was listening to this in the kitchen at work yesterday, when some RWer asked me what I was listening to. I showed her my ipod with ...SENATOR JOHN KERRY... scrolling across the screen. It was a short conversation.

[TayTay]

4. There are rules on reclaiming lost NE 'Rs'

But the good Senator has only a partial Boston/Mass accent, so the rules only partially apply. He tends to say 'idears' more than I do. (He is obviously collecting the lost Rs that are floating around Boston. There are huge piles of them everywhere. Good conservationist that he, Sen Kerry is recycling them and giving them a proper home. Ahm, make that propah home.)

In brief, he says idears, then he catches himself sometimes and makes an effort to say ideaa, then gets caught up in what he is saying and lets the idears flow again. I rather like it. His accent is his own.

[Inuca]

6. I heard..

lots & lots of "idears" in this speech. Very endearing.

[fedupinBushcountry]

8. I loved the idears

It was him, all of him speaking from his heart and gut.

[Island Blue]

7. I heart the 'r' too. I hope he doesn't lose it!

I can't wait to listen to this - I haven't had time yet.

[Inuca]

5. Thanks

so much for posting the link. I just finished listening to it, that was goose-bumping and almost tear inducing good. I heard not only anger "enough is enough", but also a sense of almost desperation, pleading with the younger generation to move off their indolent and self-indulgent asses and DO something. I am rather cynical by nature, cynical of many things, politicians coming pretty close to the top of the list. Yes, of course, some are much better than others, see Clinton vs. the current disaster, but in terms of human quality... I would not want to have a beer with either of them. Listening to this speech it was almost impossible to doubt the authenticity and the intensity of belief in everything he was saying. I sometime wonder how he made it so far and for so long in politics... and also wonder (no rotten eggs, please) whether he should be president after all, it's like he is too good for it... I do not know how much sense these ramblings make, I guess I am a bit emotional, it was THAT good. The cynicism mentioned earlier is not really "by nature", it is rather "second nature", something like a second harder skin build from experience, disillusionment, and hurt. A second skin that sometimes drops away at least for a few moments, and makes me wonder "and if...." There is an old song by Jacques Brel, for you French speakers out there, I've been in love with his songs ever since I was a teenager, one of his lesser songs, actually, it is entitled "et si c'etait vrai", "and if it were true", all these beautiful things that life teaches most of us to treat with a slightly disdainful and "all knowing" smile, to hide our inner vulnerabilities, if they were true... End of rambling.

[globalvillage]

9. Did you guys see the VIDEO of this speech?

I can't believe I missed this.

Amazing.

http://www.johnkerry.com/

[Island Blue]

10. Thanks so much for pointing this out GV!

Watching now!

[ProSense]

11. Cool! Thanks! In summary

The GOP idears suck!


I love the defense of Democratic idears!

[fedupinBushcountry]

12. Thanks

Did you know the Grinnell speech is up too ? Just click on videos and there it is, I was pleasantly surprised and am glad that he is putting these up to view.