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My least favorite democrat (Original Post)
abumbyanyothername
Sep 2012
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valerief
(53,235 posts)1. It's a strain. nt
The Velveteen Ocelot
(131,226 posts)2. Rahm Emanuel?
I don't like him much, either, but so far his speech is pretty good.
Liberal_Stalwart71
(20,450 posts)3. Don't like him, but we need him to hit it HARD!!!
Maven
(10,533 posts)4. He oozes insincerity
Weak spot in an otherwise barn-burning convention so far
Sugarcoated
(8,240 posts)5. Not a great public speaker
at least so far.
charmay
(525 posts)6. Not my favorite either.
His speech is just ok.
ddavis195600
(23 posts)11. i agree, not very good at all...
BeyondGeography
(41,198 posts)7. A truly mediocre speaker...ouch, man
marlakay
(13,384 posts)8. We sort of joke in our house
that he is a mafia guy...
Carolina
(6,960 posts)9. My loathing of Rahm
makes it hard to listen to him. Good he's done.
librarylu
(503 posts)10. They're standing up and cheering....
....and I'd like to too.
I'm not even an auto worker.
abumbyanyothername
(2,711 posts)12. A very good speech writer
who deserved a better deliverer.
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