Maureen Dowd wrote:
Obama is still suffering from the Speech Illusion, the idea that he can come down from the mountain, read from a Teleprompter, cast a magic spell with his words and climb back up the mountain, while we scurry around and do what he proclaimed.
The days of spinning illusions in a Greek temple in a football stadium are done. The One is dancing on the edge of one term.
The White House team is flailing — reacting, regrouping, retrenching. It’s repugnant.
After pushing and shoving and caving to get on TV, the president’s advisers immediately began warning that the long-yearned-for jobs speech wasn’t going to be that awe-inspiring.
“The issue isn’t the size or the newness of the ideas,” one said. “It’s less the substance than how he says it, whether he seizes the moment.”
Oh man... his enemies can't write stuff this good!
For once, I tip my cap to Maureen The Sourpuss.
- Bill
P.S. My advice to all supporters of Obama is never to listen to one of his speeches. READ it later on; copies are always available. I've been doing this ever since his inauguration speech. It's embarrassing how little he says. He's all form, and no substance.
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You'd think they'd have learned by now. Certainly there are reasons to think, based on her actions and words that she might be an admirable candidate. Why do people consistently fall back into these identity groups and hollow, narrow, dividing interests?