he is a master of rhetoric, his speech today was somber, modest, rife with classic American imagery and disinclined towards sky-grifting or empty bombast.
Therein were tsaty echoes of Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy and the national savior himself, Abraham Lincoln, nothing grated, no clumsy artifice showed itself nor did Obama veil his intentions....if indeed he did write this one himself then it's a hellacious shame he won't have time to write more of his own speeches....clearly the man knows his own voice.
Hell even a hoary old cliche' like the terrible winter at Valley Forges gains new persuasive power when Obama shines it up a bit.
Harry Truman once opined that the great power of the presidency was in the area of persuasion, President Obama's unique gifts in this area give him a strong advantage from the git-go.
Lord know he is gonna need it.
Well?
What more needs be said?
The meritocracy groaned and howled, and bent over far from the weight of the current crisis and then at the very gong tossed Obama into office with a last howl of pain. let us hope he is equal to the taste.
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