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I understand people like this speech. It is the same type of speech that Clinton gave. But me, I have to try very hard like a deaf person trying to tell whether the music is good. Having done so, I think it could have been slightly more concise, faintly less rambling, and perhaps begging (he used one of those rising-pitch-then-low lines). He touched some issues in two different places, which were either already known in his campaign, or weren't first-row concerns. He also could have kept the cadence a little quicker, when people applauded his one-liners. I think this speech was average, whereas I thought Kerry's speech was bad. I think it was a better night than Kerry's final night, and was more on par with Kerry's first or second night. I agree with vulturesrow that Bush started out slow, and then got pretty good for some stretches.