Hillary Clinton’s uninspiring speech

Published August 1, 2016 9:56am ET



PHILADELPHIA — The media may have fawned over Hillary Clinton’s acceptance speech Thursday night, but it’s all for show. She’s the first female nominated by a major political party, so they have to make her seem inspiring and historic, even if her speech wasn’t.

As my colleague Byron York pointed out, Clinton could only hope to be the fifth best speech of the Democratic National Convention, trailing Michelle Obama, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton and of course President Barack Obama. I actually think she would only be the sixth best, because of the support Bernie Sanders still has. Each one gave a rousing and unique speech, and even those who disagreed with the content have to give them that much.

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