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Saturday, August 22, 2020

Phony Lines From Barack Obama’s Speech

| Aug 21, 2020 | |

Ryan Lizza, chief Washington correspondent of Politico, is the kind of character assassin who likes to go to the White House briefing and throw beanball questions about how many coronavirus deaths President Donald Trump thinks are acceptable.  If that sounds darkly partisan, you could also see the sunny side of Lizza on Twitter, who almost levitated over former President Barack Obama’s speech at the Democratic National Convention.

“Barack Obama just delivered the finest convention speech in modern history (again),” he tweeted. “Spell-binding, chilling, optimistic, beautifully written, and expertly delivered. Incredible moment.”  Conservative Twitter informally awarded him the Chris Matthews Thrill Up My Leg Prize for most infatuated reaction. But it was still second to the emotions of the average “objective” journalist.  So let’s focus on how Obama’s speech could be evaluated more critically. Some lines were mean-spirited, phony or laughable...........To Read More....

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