[txrangerette]

It wasn't a "speech". It wasn't meant to be a "speech". I liked it. It was what I was looking for from him at this time in that setting.

Delivery? Spark? Good Grief. He "looked and sounded exhausted"? What if he truly was those things? What was he supposed to do then? Go hide and refuse to appear until he felt all rested and perky?

Others have given you a pass, the benefit of the doubt and all that. I don't. You're as off base as you can get, as inappropriate in your ivory tower, distant critiques as possible, in my book.

And that goes for the people you say were "far from impressed" with the "speech" (which was not a "speech").

[beyond the sea]

It wasn't a "speech". It wasn't meant to be a "speech". --- not a speech? Sure looked like a speech to me. He certainly didn't take any questions.

Delivery? Spark? Good Grief. He "looked and sounded exhausted"? What if he truly was those things? What was he supposed to do then? Go hide and refuse to appear until he felt all rested and perky? --- saying that he looked exhausted was an observation, not a criticism. He is weary of the damn media.

as inappropriate in your ivory tower --- such a nice ivory tower.

;-)

[oldfarmer]

It was what I was looking for from him at this time in that setting.

Yes. This was the perfect time and setting for him to mumble and misspeak.

I'm sorry, but I'm an old man and I call a turd a turd.