A live tweet #teamrhetoric analysis of @JoeBiden #DemConvention speech: 1/x #DemConvention2020
The biographical video was well done 2/x
Biden voice at start seems empty, in an open space. He jumps into the bright line of the election - dark and light. He has some teleprompter reading issues. And his pauses and hands work well 3/x
Jumping around a lot - dark/light, hope, soul. He is not looking at camera so his sight line is a bit off. Zoom in didn’t help 4/x
Stakes of election section has good alliteration (shadow and suspicion) but too many things are on the ballot. 5/x
The Trump section: good numbers, a few stumbles. A quick move to Obama, though. Then back to Trump. 6/x
The Trump section 2: is better than 1. But also jumps back and forth between bad Trump and what Biden admin would do. 7/x
The virus section: “no miracle is coming” - why so much emphasis on that? A rising tone of indignation as he lays out his plan. Again, another odd sentence to emphasize- “they can handle it.” 8/x
Speaking directly to camera with finger pointing was good and good sequeway into the section on loss. The move from self purpose to purpose of a nation is key rhetorical move. A theme finally emerges 9/x
Lessons from Dad moves into lessons of economy. (“Build back better” is so bad) A cadence emerges. Lots of top lines, goals. But not any proposals. 10/x
More righteous indignation and more promises. This is why three days of character was effective: people want to believe Biden when he promises. 11/x
Biden keeps straightening his back. It’s odd. 12/x
Beau transition into foreign policy and so the righteous indignation comes back. Russian bounty line was good. 13/x
Charlottesville as impetus to run brings us to American soul. We have had purpose and light and now soul. Not an orderly organization. But back for purpose for nation. 14/x
Purpose is possibility. I like former not latter but individual voters need both. The poet quote is not explained so it falls flat, to me. We are back to so many central concepts. And so we end. 15/x
Biden is good at righteous indignation. And so he was best at banging at Trump failures. He also is good at empathy. He parlayed those two strengths into forfeiting policy and economic lines. 16/x
He was bad at talking about the big tent of Democrat party - all the audiences Hillary labored to list. He was good on and focused on race and racism as key issue. He was less strong on other social issues. 17/x
Biden met the moment. He held his past and nation’s future together. And he crafted the comparison needed. 18/x
In 16 it should be “foreign” policy
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