Video: Appeasementmania!

posted at 12:18 pm on December 15, 2006 by Allahpundit

She’s phoning it in a little on this one but the music more than atones. Plus, it’s Friday. I’m running on fumes myself.

I’ve got one or two more substantive posts in the tank, but after that we might be riding YouTube and viral video straight into Saturday. Prepare yourself.

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She’s phoning it in a little? No way. She made the point and made it well.

Mig on December 15, 2006 at 12:28 PM

Well, she may be phoning it it, but it still hits the target in the center.

Hmmm. Roosevelt. Democrat. Victory. No appeasment. Freedom. Liberty.

I knew there was a reason I used to be one.

Grantman on December 15, 2006 at 12:29 PM

Maybe AP lowered my expectations enough, but I liked the piece…certainly more than all the Rosie clips!

asc85 on December 15, 2006 at 12:31 PM

For “phoning it in”, she sure did an effective job of driving the point home. She gets bonus points from me for using a speech from one of the left’s icons to highlight their own instincts of appeasement (along with the same of James Baker and the other “realists”).

thirteen28 on December 15, 2006 at 12:31 PM

Maybe AP lowered my expectations enough, but I liked the piece…certainly more than all the Rosie clips!

Oh, I liked it too. Like I said, the music was funny. I’m just teasing her for using someone else’s words as the script.

Allahpundit on December 15, 2006 at 12:34 PM

What?!?! No pic of FDR and Stalin?

windbag on December 15, 2006 at 12:56 PM

She’s definately making me grow-er-I mean growing on me (sorry)

Max Power on December 15, 2006 at 12:56 PM

I have nothing to say, and I’ll only say it once.

there it is on December 15, 2006 at 12:58 PM

Target….Cease Fire.

As MCH read FDR’s speech all I could think about was “Those that fail to learn from history are bound to repeat it.”

On a side note……I wish the Viking receivers could get as open as MCH was in that opening shot.

VikingGoneWild on December 15, 2006 at 1:11 PM

Cant beat Ham during Festivus.

infidel on December 15, 2006 at 1:16 PM

A very strong collage of appeaser shots, and well composed for off-the-cuff.

I haven’t the energy to hunt down the full transcript, but did FDR attribute any of the quotes he borrowed in that speech? It’s out of scope of MKH’s piece for her to care about that, but I heard at least two bits in there that were from Franklin and Jefferson.

What?!?! No pic of FDR and Stalin?

While such a photo would remind us to be careful who we trust, I don’t think it quite fits in a piece on appeasement. At the time, we were allies against a common enemy. If Stalin had been the aggressor, then a pic of him and FDR would be appropriate in this HamNation.

Freelancer on December 15, 2006 at 1:19 PM

Love it. Love her. Even with those confounded push transitions. :)

Griz on December 15, 2006 at 1:21 PM

Hey Donkey Party… like power? Wanna win elections with 70% of the popular vote? Find more people with backbones like FDR’s. While I think his big government economics weren’t necessarily the greatest of ideas, he surely was the right president at the right time for us when it came to squashing what was the worst evil the world had known.

As for MKH, maybe she phoned it in a little, but she did so with a highly worthy text.

flutejpl on December 15, 2006 at 1:36 PM

Love the new opening pics….

The Ugly American on December 15, 2006 at 2:02 PM

I have watched Mary Katherine Ham in these video clips for a few months now. I don’t know much about her. I read her blog from time to time and also her commentaries, found at Town Hall dot com.

Nevertheless, I have noticed that her method of delivery is not so impressive. Her phrasing is difficult to follow, especially compared to some like Michelle Malkin, Larry Elder, and others.

Mary Katherine Ham presents is a somewhat flat delivery style, a monotone delivery when she speaks. This makes it a bit difficult to keep track of her speeches as certain words run together in phrasing and tone, with little to no inflection added for emphasis.

With that said, I have enjoyed her commentaries and some of her video clips. Some clips have been humorous – in fact, she appears to wax humorous as a matter of style, which is fun, and she tends to weave humor into even the most serious of topics.

Nevertheless, that is what makes horse races, and that is what makes Mary Katherine Ham who she is, and Michelle who she is, and Larry Elder who she is, and so on.

In other words, I might think that MKH’s speaking style is not the most skilled, I would not recommend she change, for that is who she is, that is her style, and that is what makes her uniquely MKH.

William

William2006 on December 15, 2006 at 2:25 PM

Great skin! Thanks MKH

Dread Pirate Roberts VI on December 15, 2006 at 3:32 PM