The CBS This Morning crew, on Thursday, couldn’t contain their glee over Barack Obama’s speech. CBS correspondent Nancy Cordes began her piece on the speech as she exclaimed “It was pretty remarkable. The President of the United States essentially pulled the rhetorical fire alarm.”
Cordes finished her report by holding up celebratory headlines from the Philadelphia papers and then threw it to the This Morning co-anchors to chime in. Charlie Rose hailed Obama’s speechcraft: “Last night it was time to go to school.” Norah O’Donnell claimed “He hit it out of the park” and Gayle King agreed: “He really did. Home run and then walked the bases.”
The following is a transcript of the relevant portion of the Cordes segment as it was aired on the July 28 edition of CBS This Morning:
NORAH O’DONNELL: The President and other speakers hammered Donald Trump with some of the toughest talk of the convention. Nancy Cordes is above the floor at the Wells Fargo center and was with us there all last night. Nancy, good morning.
NANCY CORDES: Good morning. It was pretty remarkable. The President of the United States essentially pulled the rhetorical fire alarm. He described Trump as “a homegrown demagogue” and said he is trying to scare people into voting for him. And that was only after Michael Bloomberg questioned Trump’s sanity and the Vice President called him clueless.
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CORDES: He said after nearly eight years in office, he was ready to pass the baton. And here is how the hometown papers are billing it this morning. [holds up papers] The Philadelphia Inquirer calls it “Presidential Seal of Approval.” Philadelphia Daily News: “He’s With Her!” And Gayle, Hillary Clinton, herself, speaks tonight. If her speech writers weren’t already feeling the pressure, they probably are now after hearing what everybody had to say last night.GAYLE KING: That’s right, Nancy. I think they might have been up a little late last night.
CHARLIE ROSE: Last night it was time to go to school.
NORAH O’DONNELL: Yeah.
KING: That’s right. They gotta bring it tonight.
O’DONNELL: He hit it out of the park.
KING: He really did. Home run and then walked the bases. Nancy, thank you.
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