Talk about cognitive dissonance. I woke up this morning to discover that the media was calling Zell's speech "hateful", "over the top", a "raw meat" speech. Chris Matthews freaked!
Honestly, the last emotion that came to mind when watching it last night was "hate". Technomind pointed out the absurdity on his blog, which never discusses politics. So I was greatful to see that posted.
You know, I often get tired of the radio shows kvetch about the "liberal media". I know that the networks' news coverage does favor more liberal perspectives of the events, but I find the constant rehashing of that issue to be annoying.
I still find it annoying, but this Miller example really makes the point. He was impassioned and powerful, but not hateful, and not (as the pundits were putting it) "personal".
One of the talking heads on hardbell actually called Zell's reference to Kennedy-Kerry's voting records on defense as "personal"! When I read that I was floored.
Then came the surprise of the day: I was talking to a local lawyer friend of mine and he told me that he found Zell's attitude to be hateful. I don't get it...
One thing I can say: I previously posted that I thought a lot of clinton's convention speech. And I also liked Sharpton's speech. But regardless of politics, I think the GOP had far better and far more convincing major addresses at their convention. November 2nd will tell if the voters feel this way too.
PS: Before the campaign started, Jon Stewart could claim that he was an equal opportunity satirist. The last few months have turned him into an outright Al Franken type. Any semblance of equal opportunity humor is long gone.
Posted by Yehupitz at September 2, 2004 08:01 PM