That would constitute "facts," ma'am. The new meme is that you're not supposed to comment based on facts.
There does seem to be a great deal of that going around these days- lots of hit and runs without reference to the article posted in the first place.
I’m thinking there should be a place on the internet- maybe call it The Big Bulletin Board where people can just go and pop up random posts. “Obama is a jerk”....”Obama ROCKS!!!”...”Mike Pence isn’t Jim DeMint, nor is he Sarah Palin..” “I hate Republicans” “I hate Democrats”... :)
Meanwhile- like you I’ve wondered if he wrote the speech- or who assisted him. Regardless- if he wrote it- my respect for him has grown mightily- if he didn’t- he’s got the good sense to have someone with this talent on his staff. Either way- we now have the speech to refer to as a beautiful example of the proper attitude toward the presidency in particular and government in general. I’ve read it several times.