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One Hell of a Speech (Buckley Barf Alert!)
The Daily Beast ^ | January 28, 2010 | Christopher Buckley

Posted on 01/28/2010 9:35:18 AM PST by Cheap_Hessian

Obama didn’t deliver a speech so much as a symphony, calling for nukes and zapping the Supremes; thanks for the performance, Mr. President.

It is hard, indeed almost impossible, not to like Mr. Obama. In recent weeks, I’ve tried—tried my best. But Wednesday night he made it virtually impossible. Even discounting the perhaps 40 percent of the speech that consisted of the usual bromides and platitudes, even the most hardened skeptic must admit—the son of gun gives one hell of a speech.

My personal takeaway was his endorsement of nuclear power. So many of our problems—specifically, our 70 percent importation of oil from horrid desert regimes—could be eliminated if we embraced the atom.

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TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: buckley; chrisbuckley; christopherbuckley; elites; rino; sotu
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To: tumblindice

Actually I find it quite easy to dislike BO... I have a brain! The difficult part for me is keeping my food down whenever I accidently hear that voice.


21 posted on 01/28/2010 10:21:51 AM PST by myrabach
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To: ArrogantBustard

HAHAHAHA... my sentiments exactly!


22 posted on 01/28/2010 10:22:59 AM PST by myrabach
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To: Cheap_Hessian
Can a speech be great if the speaker makes your skin crawl?

I sure hope Christopher Buckley didn't inherit a controlling interest in National Review.

23 posted on 01/28/2010 10:27:43 AM PST by stevem
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