Comments on: Prior keynote speeches at the DNC

By: dusty59

dusty59 — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 20:40:31 +0000

Thanks for the FYI Monica- d

By: Greg Laden

Greg Laden — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:44:50 +0000

The keynote speaker this year may be Hillary unless she is VP candidate, then she gets a speech for that. Otherwise Bill is a very good chance.It is remotely possible, in my opinion, that it will be Ted Kennedy. Just a hunch.

By: Monica

Monica — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:26:12 +0000

FYI: There is a July 23lecture on Barbara Jordan at Humphreyhttp://www.lifesci.consortium.umn.edu/news_and_events/events.php?id=233http://www.hhh.umn.edu/centers/wpp/programs_outreach/women_politics_reading_group.html

By: dusty59

dusty59 — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:45:08 +0000

Barbara Jordan in ’76 was monumental. Even at a relatively young age, it made quite an impression on me. If you’ve never heard it, it’s available on “American Rhetoric”:http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/barbarajordandnckeynote.htmlPer Wikipedia it’s ranked the 5th best American speech of the 20th century… certainly it is one of the best.

By: chezjake

chezjake — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:43:10 +0000

I sure would have liked to have voted for Barbara Jordan for president — probably the most impressive politician I’ve ever heard speak. A black woman, a lesbian it’s rumored, but she just had an aura that spoke of justice, equality, concern for *everyone*, ethics, and principle.

By: Coturnix

Coturnix — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:27:02 +0000

Must be a typo – 1996.So, will there be a Keynoter this year?

By: Ahcuah

Ahcuah — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:22:04 +0000

Why was there a convention in “1998”?:-)