[svp]

so far,

Dean was the most dissapointing,
Clinton was the most convincing,
Sharpton was the most stirring,
but for best overall, my vote goes to...

Theresa Heinz Kerry

Dignified without being stuffy and political without coming across as a politician. Real, natural, comforting, warm and compassionate. It is no wonder Hillary looked concerned in the audience. Theresa could really bring something fresh and different to the White House.

[-V-]

Before yesterday, I thought TKH would look bad compared to Laura Bush but now I believe Theresa makes Laura look like a Stepford Wife.

[svp]

Laura does have a robotic smile.

[-V-]

am I just too blinded by bias or was Kerry's performance one of the best in memory?

and what was up with the CNN balloon fiasco? The audio blooper went on for so long it almost seems like it was meant as a deliberate disruption by someone!

[Jammer]

very good speech and yes, WAY better than ANYone would have suspected.

[amylee]

Theresa Heinz Kerry

I give my vote to this woman.

~~~The speech~~

My name is Teresa Heinz Kerry.

And by now, I hope it will come as no surprise that I have something to say.

And tonight, as I have done throughout this campaign, I would like to speak to you from my heart. Y a todos los Hispanos y los Latinos...

a tous les Franco-Americain...
a tutti Italiani...
a toda a familia Portugesa e Brazileria...
and to all the continental Africans living in this country...
and to all new Americans in our country, I invite you to join our conversation and together with us work toward the noblest purpose of all: a free, good and democratic society.
I am grateful -- I am so grateful for the opportunity to stand before you and to say a few words about my husband, John Kerry, and why I firmly believe that he should be the next president of the United States.
This is such a powerful moment for me. Like many other Americans, like many of you, and like even more your parents and grandparents, I was not born in this country.
And as you have seen, I grew up in East Africa, in Mozambique, in a land that was then under a dictatorship. My father, a wonderful, caring man who practiced medicine for 43 years, and who taught me how to understand disease and wellness, only got to vote for the first time when he was 73 years old.
That's what happens in dictatorships.
As a young woman, I attended Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg, South Africa, which was then not segregated.
But I witnessed the weight of apartheid everywhere around me. And so with my fellow students, we marched in the streets of Johannesburg against its extension into higher education.
This was the late 1950s at the dawn of civil rights marches in America. And, as history records, our efforts in South Africa failed, and the Higher Education Apartheid Act passed. Apartheid tightened its ugly grips. The Sharpeville Riots followed. And Nelson Mandela was arrested and sent to Robben Island.

I learned something then. And I believe it still. There is a value in taking a stand, whether or not anybody may be noticing it, and whether or not it is a risky thing to do.

And if even those who are in danger can raise their lonely voices, isn't it more that is required of all of us, in this land where liberty had her birth?

I have a very personal feeling about how special America is, and I know how precious freedom is. It is a sacred gift, sanctified by those who have lived it and those who have died defending it.

My right to speak my mind, to have a voice, to be what some have called "opinionated"...

is a right I deeply and profoundly cherish.

And my only hope is that one day soon, My only hope is that, one day soon, women, who have all earned their right to their opinions...

instead of being labeled opinionated will be called smart and well informed, just like men.




~the end~ :)
I couldn't post the whole thing, too many characters. words.

A

[Badandy]

"am I just too blinded by bias or was Kerry's performance one of the best in memory?"

First option.

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Before yesterday, I thought TKH would look bad compared to Laura Bush but now I believe Theresa makes Laura look like a Stepford Wife."

I really don't know how you can say this. Even if you are a democrat and I am a republican that is ridiculous. I have heard the sound bytes of THK and everything, I have also heard her speak and make ludicrous promises. Laura Bush is always nice and is overall in my opinion, a good person.

[-V-]

what's not to like about Laura. She is indeed a good person and smiles on queue. But she is clearly a wife first at the expense of her own individuality. Theresa is an equal partner in her relationship and that is what I look for in a women and what I would respect in a First Lady as well.

[Badandy]

tin-

Come on. Laura was a librarian. She is not going to be the most outspoken woman in the world. She is very nice (truly I believe), and I believe is an overall good person.


THK on the other hand says ridiculous remarks and makes ridiculous promises.