Al Smith Dinner

[Kazilla]

For those of you that missed it.

http://www.youtube.com/v/v5SWQJWm6Tg

[HandOfHeaven]

It was a good laugh.

[Tyrannicide]

Haha yea, that was pretty dope.

[Thanatos]

Pretty funny man. He had some good jokes.

"My greatest weakness.. it could be that I'm a little too awesome."

lol

[HandOfHeaven]

That was my favorite line. When I heard it come out of his mouth, I had to actually play it again to make sure I wasn't hearing things.

[Lenny]

Obama is a fantastic public speaker, and if he wrote the whole thing himself then he has a brilliant wit.

I've also watched McCain's speech - not quite as good, but he's gone up in my estimation slightly. Yes, it did sound like a more coherent George Bush, but he had his funny moments.

Quick question about the dinner and whatnot - are the speeches supposed to be funny? I mean, is it a tradition, or was this year just different. I was expecting boring, ten minute speeches, and had moments where I thought, "I can't believe [Obama/McCain] is saying this!".

Overall, Obama sounded the better candidate - his speech was much more in touch with the now generation. A trend in politics these days seems to be that the younger, hipper candidates do well. Look at Maggie Thatcher in the late 70s/early 80s. Look at Tony Blair in 1997! The youngest person to become PM for nearly 200 years (age 43. The youngest was Lord Liverpool, I think, at age 42 in 1812)!

Btw, I didn't realise that the elections were only a few weeks away. November 4th, are they?

[Kazilla]

Yea, they are November 4, 2008.

I think the dinners are just for fun, they poke fun at eachother and don't argue politics for a night. I think its just to keep the cool amongst the canidates. (dont hold this to truth, im not 100%)

http://www.youtube.com/v/Dii3mzMQ3SQ

http://www.youtube.com/v/DBqGCQ-3C2g (this one is quiet, turn sound up)