# The Democratic National Convention **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [July 17, 2016, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158 "2016-07-17T21:58:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 17
**Author:** ![Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/left_hand_of_dorkness/32/7156_2.png) [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Left_Hand_of_Dorkness)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158/321 "2016-07-27T03:00:35Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > I thought Bill was very effective in showing all that she accomplished. He could have trimmed some of the fat though. He’s got that southern storyteller thang goin on. The “fat”, I think, moved the story together at a deliberate pace. Also, it allowed him basically to give Hillary’s very impressive CV without sounding like a bunch of bullet points. I leave the speech with a significantly more positive impression of Hillary than I went into it with. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158/322 "2016-07-27T03:01:38Z")
Yeah the first X hrs were a bit resume reading, he got it going at the end though. . ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158/323 "2016-07-27T03:02:04Z")
Is Meryl Streep auditioning to play Hillary in the movie? Why do I think she wants her elected because it will be a meatier role? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158/324 "2016-07-27T03:03:44Z")
Did anyone else see a tremor in his fingers? ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158/325 "2016-07-27T03:05:56Z")
Yeah they were pretty wobbly . ---
**Author:** ![raventhief](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/raventhief/32/4_2.png) [@raventhief](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/raventhief)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158/326 "2016-07-27T03:06:03Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Did anyone else see a tremor in his fingers? I saw it and it made me sad. ---
**Author:** ![leftfield6](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leftfield6/32/18780_2.png) [@leftfield6](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/leftfield6)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158/327 "2016-07-27T03:06:57Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Did anyone else see a tremor in his fingers? He addresses it here. > **[Clinton Explains Tremor](https://www.huffpost.com/entry/bill-clinton-hand-tremor_n_2503432)** > > Clinton Explains Tremor ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158/328 "2016-07-27T03:08:08Z")
[isbillclintonstilltalking.com](http://isbillclintonstilltalking.com) ---
**Author:** ![UltraVires](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ecccb3/32.png) [@UltraVires](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UltraVires)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158/329 "2016-07-27T03:11:38Z")
I missed it. Was it that bad? It couldn’t have been more than an hour. Was it just poorly delivered or what? I thought Bill would knock one out of the park for Hilary. ---
**Author:** ![Precambrianmollusc](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/precambrianmollusc/32/63_2.png) [@Precambrianmollusc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Precambrianmollusc)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158/330 "2016-07-27T03:19:16Z")
I think it was a shade over 40mins. In my opinion the beginning was a bit slow , for going at the end and delivered. . ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158/331 "2016-07-27T03:20:47Z")
> [@UltraVires](#): > > I missed it. Was it that bad? Is is too much trouble to scroll up and read what we wrote? ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158/332 "2016-07-27T03:22:00Z")
I only caught ---
**Author:** ![Sterling\_Archer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f1d935/32.png) [@Sterling\_Archer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterling_Archer)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158/333 "2016-07-27T03:23:52Z")
I only caught the last 10-15 minutes of Bill’s speech but I thought it was a home run. Maybe the long beginning influenced the dynamic ending. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158/334 "2016-07-27T03:27:10Z")
It was excellent. Bill never says anything without there being a reason, and he looped the latter part of the speech back to the beginning masterfully. ---
**Author:** ![choie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/choie/32/7829_2.png) [@choie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/choie)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158/335 "2016-07-27T03:27:54Z")
LOL, I love that “Was it that bad?” No, it wasn’t “that” bad, or bad at all. It was excellent. He spoke for 35 minutes, which for a former president and current spouse of the nominee seems about right to me, especially when he had so many accomplishments to run through. The woman’s spent a lot of years building an astonishing CV. I’m not much of a HRC fan myself–my politics are closer to Bernie’s, and I voted for him in the primaries. But like **LHoD** I was glad for the reminder of her achievements and the things that matter most to her.\* Bill did himself and his wife proud. (Weaker in voice he may be, but the guy still knows how to hold a room!) And it didn’t escape me that he used the words “liberal” and “progressive” during that speech. Those words have been the Democrats’ “Voldemort / He Who Shall Not Be Named” since at least 1988. Damn glad to have them uttered and owned by my party again. - Other than herself and power, that is–she’s a politician and I’m no starry-eyed idealist where she’s concerned. Still, at least there _are_ things she cares about besides herself and power, and countless things she’s _done_ for others to make their lives better. That’s a helluva lot more than one can say about the lying, opportunistic, ignorant megalomaniac the Republicans have nominated. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158/336 "2016-07-27T03:28:16Z")
Giving speeches is Bill’s second favorite thing in the whole wide world. ---
**Author:** ![Superdude](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/superdude/32/13450_2.png) [@Superdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Superdude)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158/337 "2016-07-27T03:30:20Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > I thought Bill was very effective in showing all that she accomplished. He could have trimmed some of the fat though. If you remember all of the jokes about Hillary’s cankles and Monica Lewinsky being chubby, Bill Clinton has always like “the fat” ---
**Author:** ![AnalogSignal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/analogsignal/32/1085_2.png) [@AnalogSignal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AnalogSignal)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158/338 "2016-07-27T03:31:42Z")
I guess “change maker” was the best description he could think of. I think it’s kind of clunky. ---
**Author:** ![psychobunny](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/54ee81/32.png) [@psychobunny](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psychobunny)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158/339 "2016-07-27T03:34:40Z")
> [@AnalogSignal](#): > > I guess “change maker” was the best description he could think of. I think it’s kind of clunky. It sounds like she’d make an awesome cashier. ---
**Author:** ![TonySinclair](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/49beb7/32.png) [@TonySinclair](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TonySinclair)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2016, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158/340 "2016-07-27T03:40:13Z")
I wasn’t listening closely, but I heard him take a jab at Trump (other than the very obvious “making shit up”) when he said that Hillary helped disabled people, rather than making fun of them. Any others? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158.md?page=16) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-democratic-national-convention/760158.md?page=18)