Democratic Convention Commentary Part 3 - Red Meat Or Unity

Greetings,

As I watched yesterday's convention, I took note or who got the most cheers and for what was being cheered. The 1st speaker who got the most whoops and cheers was Ohio Rep and Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich:

Kucinich is a good snapshot of the far-left, loony left. He took an otherwise indifferent crowd and had them on their feet cheering wildly within three minutes as he hurled out one piece of antiwar or class warfare hunk of red meat after another. Later on West Virginia Gov. Joe Manchin spoke and the response was tepid at best. Manchin is a Pro-Life, anti-gay marriage, anti-illegal immigration Democrat. He gave a speech that centered around bipartisanship and the crowd snoozed except whenever he invoked the name of Barack Obamessiah. When Manchin did that it was like when Norm Peterson walked into Cheers.

Similarly, later that evening during prime time, former Gov. Mark Warner received a warmer, more enthusiastic welcome than Manchin (he's pro-abortion / pro-choice) but he is still seen as a Clintonesque 'New Democrat' who like Manchin did not make heavy handed appeals to class warfare but rather to unity and bipartisanship.



Of course Warner was a businessman and has a more pragmatic approach and is an advocate of the Third Way centrist-Democrat politics and like with Manchin, got the most applause when he invoked Barack Obamessiah. This seemed to be the trend of Day 2 of the DNC. Red Meat = Applause, Barack Obamessiah = Applause, Unity / Bipartisanship = 3 people clapping.



My word of advice to independents - beware of wolves calling themselves vegans.

TTFN,

Jim