YOU KNOW, IT WAS AN ALL-STAR
PRESENTATION, I THINK IT WAS ONE
OF THE BEST PROSECUTION OF A
SITTING PRESIDENT THAT I THINK
I’VE REL REALLY EVER SEEN.
>> LET ME JUMP IN ON THE OBAMA
SPEECH FIRST BECAUSE I ACTUALLY
THINK THAT THESE SPEECHES WENT
TOGETHER IN AN INTERESTING WAY,
AND I THINK PRESIDENT OBAMA
DOING WHAT HE DID ALLOWED
SENATOR HARRIS TO DO WHAT SHE
DID, AND I THINK THAT KIND OF
COORDINATION IS NOT OFTEN
EXECUTED THE WAY IT’S BEEN
EXECUTED THIS WEEK.
>> THAT’S A GOOD POINT.
>> LET ME SAY THIS ABOUT OBAMA.
I HAVE A HUNCH THAT EVERY LIVING
FORMER PRESIDENT WOULD SPEAK
FROM THE SAME DEEP WELL OF
DESPAIR.
OBAMA’S SPEECH SHOOK ME BECAUSE
OF HIS DESPAIR LAID BARE.
AND IF YOU HAD BEEN THE
PRESIDENT YOU PROBABLY FEEL, YOU
PROBABLY HAVE A WELL OF THEORY
THAT STARTED THE FIRST DAY OF
THE TRANSITION.
WHEN DONALD TRUMP AND HIS SON
TRIED TO SETUP A BACK CHANNEL TO
RUSSIA TO GO AROUND THE
INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY.
BY THE WAY, THERE ARE A BUNCH OF
STARS AT THE CIA FROM MEMBERS OF
THE INTELLIGENCE COMMUNITY THAT
DIED PROTECTING THIS COUNTRY’S
NATIONAL SECURITY.
FIRST THING THAT TRUMP DID WHEN
HE WON WAS TO LIKEN THEM TO
NAZIS.
SO WE CANNOT FATHOM THE FURY AND
THE DESPAIR AND THE RAGE THAT
EVERY FORMER LIVING PRESIDENT --
I’M GOING TO OUT ON A LIMB AND
SAY THE DEAD ONES, TOO -- FEEL
WHEN THEY WATCH PRESIDENT TRUMP.
AND I’VE NOT SEEN ANY LIVING
PRESIDENT TAP THAT WELL OF
DESPAIR AND BE VULNERABLE ENOUGH
TO SHARE IT WITH THE COUNTRY,
BUT IS MY THEORY OF THE CASE OF
WHAT PRESIDENT OBAMA DID
TONIGHT.
AND THE GIFT IT GAVE SENATOR
HARRIS, THE VICE PRESIDENTIAL
CAMPAIGN EXISTS IN THREE ACTS.
THE FIRST IS THE ANNOUNCEMENT
SPEECH.
THE SECOND IS THE CONVENTION
SPEECH.
AND THE THIRD IS THE VICE
PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE.
BY OBAMA DOING WHAT HE DID AND
BEING THAT VULNERABLE AND
SHARING THAT URGENT CALL TO
ACTION -- AND I WOULD GUESS HE
WRESTLED WITH WHETHER OR NOT TO
DO THAT -- SHE WAS ALLOWED TO
DO -- I SEE HER ATTACKS AS
REALLY NICE.
I THINK THE REASON SHE SLAYS
BILL BARR IS BECAUSE SHE DOES IT
WITH THIS VELVET HAMMER.
I DIDN’T SEE HER AS SORT OF
PUTTING ASIDE THE FEARNEWTOIERCE
BE NICE. I DON’T THINK ANY WOMAN SHOULD
I DON’T THINK ANY WOMAN SHOULD
HAVE TO COMPARTMENTALIZE
HERSELF.
I’M FROM THE BAY AREA, TOO, AND
I’VE GROWN UP KNOWING HER AND
WATCHING HER AND WATCHING ALL
THE WOMEN AROUND HER.
SO TO SEE ALL THEM THERE IT JUST
LET HER TELL THAT PART OF HER
STORY, BUT I THINK THAT THIS
CONVENTION STORY TELLING IS
SECOND TO NONE.
I ACTUALLY THINK THAT THE
STORIES THEY HAVE TOLD HAVE
BUILT THIS DRAMA THAT IS
HOLLYWOOD-LIKE IN ITS TENSION,
IN ITS DESPAIR, IN ITS PAIN.
I MEAN TO MAKE THE PAIN THAT WE
HAVE ALL FELT IF YOU LOVE THIS
COUNTRY TO WATCH WHAT DONALD
TRUMP HAS DONE DO IT HAS BEEN
SEARING.
IT HAS BEEN GUTTING.
AND TO MAKE THAT PART OF THE
CASE TO THE COUNTRY IS RISKY,
AND, YOU KNOW, WE WON’T KNOW
UNTIL ELECTION DAY IF IT WORKS,
BUT IT IS BIG AND IT IS PAINFUL,
AND IT IS RAW.
AND I JUST THINK THAT THIS OBAMA
SPEECH WAS ONE FOR THE AGES.
AND IT LET EVERYBODY ELSE KIND
