Infinite MonkeysI watched the Hillary concession speech — twice. The first time live on MSNBC, just to get the good Dem spin on it; the second time with Mrs. Zaius during Fox News' rebroadcast at 2 p.m. PDT.
What struck me was the body language Hillary displayed. When talking about herself, Hillary's voice had energy and she smiled at the end of her sentences, soaking in the applause.
When Hillary got to the parts where she had to endorse Barack Obama, the smile was gone. A frowny face replaced the grin when the audience started clapping — and she quickly pressed ahead with the speech, cutting off the applause. Her voice was flat, even dropping an octave.
Needless to say, the in-the-tank Dems at MSNBC did not notice this obvious contrast. Jennifer Rubin at Contentions, though, did. In fact, Rubin used the exact term I mentioned to my wife while watching the speech:
There is a hostage-tape like quality about this.
Heh. Obama kidnapped Hillary's dreams.
Posted by Dr. Zaius at June 7, 2008 06:29 PMTechnically, not Obama. If you look closely at the pictures and squint just slightly you will see the MSNBC and CNN logos reflecting from the hooded figures with the knife across Hillary's throat.
Posted by: john b at June 8, 2008 02:40 PMHeh. Good one. But I believe that Keith O was the one holding the knife.
Posted by: Dr. Zaius at June 8, 2008 03:21 PMIndeed, Hilary has lost her dreams to Obama's mighty campaign, though it still was a close contest. Isn't the prospect of having an African-American President wonderful? What do you say?
Posted by: HemRaj Singh at June 10, 2008 01:57 AMHemRaj,
Yes. That would be wonderful. But not this guy.
Cheers!
Dr. Z.
Posted by: Dr. Zaius at June 10, 2008 10:30 PM