Obama's Big Speech Didn't Quite Do It

Pajamas Media ^ | Sept. 10 | Victor Davis Hanson

[AJKauf]

The President really has to watch this constantly return to these soaring cadences that deliver banalities. One cannot sound like Lincoln if there really is no message. It is time to move on, ignore criticism, and offer something that most can work with; instead, after 9 months we are getting a ‘they are mean to me’ whine at about every speech and photo-op, in the manner of biblical prophets who lash out at doubters.

Obama never gives many concrete details, nor gets precise and concise, and now one wonders whether it is because he simply thinks he can go to the hope and change / soar like an eagle mode, and we will once more get mesmerized, or he has nothing to say at all, or both. But most caught on to all that, and now want a plan, not a prophet.

Bottom line? Obama should just borrow from the Republican plan, assure the Democrats he’s extending coverage to those uncovered, and then, and only then, go back to his eagle routine and soar with it in the stratosphere with “I alone hoped and changed health care.”...

[Doogle]

lie after lie after lie

[bvw]

Obama — YOU LIE!

[downtownconservative]

“...so too we are getting used to a highly partisan president complaining about partisanship.”

I expect it, but I will never get used to it (as in comfortable or accommodating)!

[Buck W.]

I expect this from VDH, and he’s right. I’m still waiting to hear the disappointment from the MSM, though. That will be the clincher.

[keepitreal]

What passed for eloquence a year ago is now downright dull. We’ve heard it all before, delivered in the exact same way.

[colorado tanker]

The whole thing's a lie. How do you support Zero's plan when he doesn't have a plan? Then, when Republicans attack the specifics, the liberals say that's not Zero's plan, that's just the House or Senate bill. It's like trying to nail jello to a wall. They don't want us to know any specifics until they've snuck it through.

[HIDEK6]

We’ve heard it all before, delivered in the exact same way.

If you're playing the same joint night after night, every now and then you have to change the playlist.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

Liar! Liar!...pant on fire...

[MortMan]

...we are getting a ‘they are mean to me’ whine at about every speech and photo-op, in the manner of biblical prophets who lash out at doubters.

Errmmm... I don't know of ANY biblical prophets that whined this way - although many otherwise-empowered individuals did just that!

[ArrogantBustard]

Zero makes up for his lack of skill by trying harder.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMXGSP_nPyY

Liar Liar.....

[OldDeckHand]

Has anyone seen any ratings from last night’s speech yet? Did people actually watch this thing?

[MamaTexan]

Zero = EPIC LIAR

[brewcrew]

I heard it was just over 20 million households. Less than half of his big economic stimulus speech.

[AngelesCrestHighway]

[OldDeckHand]

"I heard it was just over 20 million households. Less than half of his big economic stimulus speech."

Interesting. I wonder what the ratings were for Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance"?

[Uncle Ike]

” Did people actually watch this thing? “

Poll was ‘People who watched...’

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2336448/posts

DRUDGE: CNN SPIN SPEECH ‘POLL’ SAMPLED DOUBLE THE AMOUNT OF DEMS...
Drudge Report ^ | 9-10-09 | Matt Drudge

Posted on Thursday, September 10, 2009 10:29:56 AM by joinedafterattack

‘45 percent Democratic and 18 percent Republican’... in sample. CNN poll here:

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/09/10/cnn-poll-double-digit-post-speech-jump-for-obama-plan/

(Excerpt) Read more at drudgereport.com ...

[brewcrew]

Interesting. I wonder what the ratings were for Fox's "So You Think You Can Dance"?

The same report said this show got a bigger rating. I don't recall the numbers as I heard it on the radio in the car.