In response to
"I was thinking earlier today that there isn’t a politician that comes to mind that I would pay money to see speak. Clinton? Obama? Trudeau? Harper? "
by
Beryllium
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there is something to personal charisma, decades ago I faked a press pass, went to the demo conv in san fran, hear Ted Kennedy speak, he was out then,
Posted by
zeitgeist
Oct 9 '18, 20:36
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he tried, failed, the chappaquidick disaster hung on him like a dead albatross,
but he spoke...and you could feel it, it was electrifying, it was communal, he spoke and it resonated
I have no memory of what he said
but I remember how he said it
as much as my first kiss
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