Posted on 09/08/2009 8:47:02 AM PDT by Starman417
Bold headlines are attention grabbers, and rarely does the substance of their supporting text prove them correct, but this is a rare moment when (albeit supported by my humble prose) the headline is true. Tomorrow night President Barack Obama will address Congress and the nation, and it will be one of the greatest speeches in the history of mankind.
Now, how do I know that? Have I seen the speech? Have I spent the 3-day weekend listening to Churchill, Roosevelt, Kennedy, and re-reading the Gettysburg Address? Was I there were Herodocus debated with Namenicus on the floor of the Roman Senate? No, of course not, but the sheer magnitude and audacity of President Obama means that his speech can be nothing shy of a choir of angels. Thankfully, his one of the greatest orators in modern history, and easily the most inspiring teleprompter-reader of the 21st Century. Think about it. Just two days before the anniversary of the 911 attacks, President Obama will address every American. The war in Afghanistan that the attacks set in motion is in trouble. Commanders in the field want more troops. Democrats, members of Obama's own party who control Congress, say they will vote against more troops, and instead want an immediate, unilateral withdrawal, as well as an abandonment of our NATO allies and our Afghan allies. Obama's Admin and the Pentagon have both seen that support for this troubled war is under 50% among the American people, and they worry about increased opposition to the war from....his own party? The Obama Admin and the Pentagon called for Americans to support the war in Afghanistan, and in response his own party demanded a retreat, and anti-war groups have scheduled protests for the G20 Summit in 2wks. Rather than take this moment in history, just 48hrs before the anniversary of the attacks, to try and build political and popular support for a war that is failing, Obama will talk about healthcare instead. Man, that's bold. He somehow has calculated that the support from his own party, from the American people, and from the world will come because of nothing more than the eloquence of his address on healthcare.
This speech also comes after the worst Labor Day holiday ever. More Americans are unemployed now than at any time before on a Labor Day. The economy is still in the tank despite trillions of dollars in spending. The American people are furious at the out of control spending (as demonstrated by the Town Hall meetings and so-called Tea Parties and-more importantly-as shown in every poll. Independents and moderates from both parties are no longer supporting Obama and the Democrats because of this completely out of control spending; spending that is already 3x more than all the money ever spent by the Federal government COMBINED.....spending that almost 2yrs after the crisis began still has yet to have an effect on the average American. But, President Obama won't be talking about the Great Recession. He's calculated that his speech on healthcare will be so good, so full of awe that the independent swing voters and moderates from both parties will ignore the $2trillion accounting error from last week, the 10% of Americans who are unemployed (15-25% in many states), and the huge decline in both gross domestic product and tax revenues. President Obama thinks that his speech will be so inspiring that those Americans who are disheartened will come back, will support he and the Democratic Party even as they add MORE spending with yet another government program: healthcare. He feels he doesn't need to address Congress and the nation about The Great Recession. That's confidence. His speech must be fantastic.
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He’s going to give a speech to the Cong? Will the VietCong carry it? Is it another apology?
Aren’t they ALL “great speeches”? Pfft...
IMHO, Obama does not even come close to Bill Clinton as a speech giver. I have never seen what anyone gets excited about.
Cing Cong?
His speech will be so good that he will have whiplash from moving his head between teleprompters.
Right, he gives such great speeches that every time he’s done one over the last couple months there have been fewer and fewer people watching. Sorry, Obummer, ‘words’ only get you so far before people demand ‘action’. A lot of people are finally waking up and seeing you as nothing but an empty suit, a man who is all talk, and they’re tired of hearing that talk.
He’ll be using his NLP for sure ...
His speech pattern is so annoying I can’t stand to listen to one minute - of course the content is cr@p as well ;P
He needs to stay off the TV - new shows are starting and we do NOT want to listen to him!!
Chris Matthews “tingle” is going to turn into a full blown orgasim.
0 is pouring more fuel on the Obama burnout.
Why does the passage of this legislation require a speech to a joint session of Congress? What’s the crisis? Only a narcissist like Obama could think that this demands a speech to a joint session of Congress.
Please keep talking BO.
It will be a toss up whether it is this speech or the one he gave on RACE after the Rev Wright OUTING
It might be his typical speech....unless the teleprompter fails. I haven’t found any of his speeches to be *brilliant* or *historically inspiring.*
He’s above average in his delivery....but far from brilliant and has made several errors.
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