[oldfarmer]

It was a poor speech. Let's call a spade a spade. He can do better. He looked and sounded exhausted.

Maybe I was expecting too much, but I wanted to see that inspiring confidence we saw when he stood on the rubble at Ground Zero. Today's Bush was not inspiring.

[beyond the sea]

I pretty much agree, but some here earlier have explained to me that it was a "lay out the facts type speech" (post # 642 was very excellent). I'll go with that, but I was hoping for something with a spark near the end.

I've listened to a few fair-minded people speaking of G.W.'s speech in the past two hours on the media, and they were far from impressed.

I've watched G.W. make great speeches and make really poor ones, and I've seen him do badly in interviews. But he is what he is. It just seems that he is so inconsistent in his delivery.

But maybe we should wait for his next speech on this tragedy for him to rally the country.

[Dolphy]

Today's Bush was not inspiring.

I'm not sure what confidence or inspiration have to do with the matter at hand. We are in the middle of a tragedy with untold deaths and people still at risk. From people, to property to the national economy...the scope of this has yet to be measured. I think the President had it exactly right today. Once he gets his arms around the numbers and the damage we face I expect he will inspire and lead us appropriately.