I can think of several. Cuomo & Kirkpatrick in 1984. Jesse Jackson jr & Ann Richards in 1988. Reagan, Buchanan in 1992. Zell Miller in 1992 & 2004. Schwarzenegger in 2004. Giuliani in 2008. Bill Clinton in 2012.https://twitter.com/TheStalwart/status/1293251176696352770 …
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Multiple people also noting the Clint Eastwood empty chair speech in 2012, which was certainly memorable.
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Oh yes. The "WHERE WAS GEORGE" speech that spawned a million jokes about where Ted had beenhttps://twitter.com/petespiliakos/status/1293266252899770372 …
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Some of us also remember Clinton's in 1988. It was one of the worst convention speeches ever.
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I'm old enough. Kennedy was stiff as a board. It was just the fanaticism of the crowd for the last Kennedy that made it dramatic.
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What people remember is his closing, which soared.
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I was in the center for Rudy '08, he worked on and off the teleprompter (driving the operator nuts I'm sure), went long, but had the crowd frothing before they send Palin straight out (with no commercial break to stay in prime time).
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Yes! That Zell Miller speech was awesome
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Speeeutballs?
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I’d add Barbara Jordan in ‘76 and ‘92 to that list but both happened before I was born
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I was still a lefty teenager in 1976, but Reagan’s speech disappointed me. I was sure that the reactionaries had picked the wrong man, so the contradiction heightening would have to wait.
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