The Republican Convention

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Dylflon

How was Zell's speach great? He was freaking insane. Not to mention after his speech he told that guy from the Hardball show that he wished he could challenge him to a duel. Do you really want this guy representing your party?

Zell's speech was great because he had the most impassioned speech and he was a member of the opposing party who spoke for Clinton just 12 years earlier. You can also ignore every point he made about Kerry's voting record if you like by talking about him being "insane", but then you're just grabbing at straws and looking for something to criticize because you realize the points he made were correct. In essence he showed how Kerry pretty much votes and supports anything he thinks is popular at the time.

Case in point: Kerry has said time and time again how he would have had the US miltary have better equipment and how every should have had body armor... yet he's voted against almost every single defense spending initiative while a Congressman and against body armor in particular. You can't have it both ways.

I thought Bush was in trouble before the conventions, but between the Republican convention and Edward's borderline silly "Two America's" speech that turned off a lot of moderates, I think this election won't even be that close.

As for challenging for a duel, I think we all know he was using hyperbole to drive a point home. Don't try and make it into something that its not.