SARAH SILVERMAN, who told the Bernie-or-Busters that they were “being ridiculous”. Senator Cory Booker’s optimism, rousing despite its multiple perorations and atmosphere of audition. Joe Biden’s roaring paean to America and its resilient middle class. Michael Bloomberg’s stinging billionaire-on-billionaire put-down (“I’m a New Yorker—and I know a con when I see one”). Barack Obama’s elegant elision of the virtues of self-government with the risks of Donald Trump’s authoritarianism, before an audience seemingly as enamoured of the current president as ever. On this last night of the Democratic National Convention, the Reverend William Barber, a civil-rights leader who set the hall alight. On the first night, Michelle Obama. Especially Michelle Obama.
There was lots of memorable oratory at this week’s convention in Philadelphia; intended to boost Hillary Clinton, these performances risked eclipsing her finale instead. It had been a slow reveal: absent on the first day, on the second Mrs Clinton spoke briefly by videolink after her formal nomination, which, in the end, her cantankerous rival, Senator Bernie Sanders,...Continue reading
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