On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 19:39:05 -0700, "asadi"
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"Tom Littleton" wrote in message
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wrote in message
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Damned fine speech....

I'm honestly asking - why?

TIA,
R

and, this time, I can't bash you for nitpicking. It was a decent,
politically targeted, Presidential speech. As one who worked to get Obama
elected, and is overall well pleased by his early performance, I still am
a bit uneasy with the 'swoon' level generated by some who support him and
the Democratic Party. I'm sort of made to think of the line by Mr.Wolf in
'Pulp Fiction' in which he admonishes the two hit men about getting too
self-congratulatory. There, it's funny, but this sort of gushing over
routine speeches and such elevates both the public expectations and the
odor of bull**** to dangerous levels, IMO. Good speech, well delivered.
Great? One to be given a cute Pet Name in the history books? Get a grip,
and leave history to be written with the clarity of distance.
Tom


Okay, I'll rephrase that. It was the best presidential speech I have heard
eight years....

john

Um, "nitpicking?" By asking why it was so special? I didn't see it, I only
read the copy of the speech _as intended_ (IOW, not even a transcript as given,
if it varied - and no, no "teleprompter" swipe intended - sometimes the delivery
can make so-so speech copy special and Obama is genuinely skilled at doing so).
And if it was 45 minutes long, I won't see it until at least the weekend.

Here's my confusion: Tom seems to indicate it was fair, Ken is having multiple
orgasms, John is apparently pretty impressed, and I've haven't read what
"beancounter" opined, but I'm pretty sure it's something asinine and
Limpdickesque. The coverage of it I've seen - all from the business press -
seemed to take two single sentences about whether the economy is getter better
or not and wind up with diametrically opposed takes on what he said. Top it off
with the WH Press Secretary openly stating it contained "nothing new." I'm not
bashing anyone, just observing that there sure seems to be a lot of differing
opinions about this speech, even from Obama supporters and staff.

TC,
R