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To me the speach given by President Obama seemed like a Martin Luther speach style. I must say I like the vigorous and excitable styles of Teddy Roosevelt and so on. But I thought it was still an amazing speach. So does anyone else have some people his speach remind you of or comments on the speach in general??

It was just a gut reaction but in parts of it I was reminded of what I've seen of Reagan's speeches. The parts about the next generation not having to set its sights lower than the last especially.

It was a decent speech. Not one of the greatest.

To me the speach given by President Obama seemed like a Martin Luther speach style. I must say I like the vigorous and excitable styles of Teddy Roosevelt and so on. But I thought it was still an amazing speach. So does anyone else have some people his speach remind you of or comments on the speach in general??

Funny, I wasn't reminded of Martin Luther at all. Not enough hammering and Deutsch for my taste.

He made a historical mistake in saying 44 people have taken this oath ; )

He made a historical mistake in saying 44 people have taken this oath ; )

1. So the fuck what?

2. Did you know that before the talking heads explained it?

3. On a related note, Chief Justice Roberts should resign over his inability to swear Obama in properly.

To me the speach given by President Obama seemed like a Martin Luther speach style. I must say I like the vigorous and excitable styles of Teddy Roosevelt and so on. But I thought it was still an amazing speach. So does anyone else have some people his speach remind you of or comments on the speach in general??

I assume you mean Martin Luther King, Jr., not Martin Luther. I saw little of MLK's style in Obama's speech. The similarities didn't extend far beyond their skin color.

I thought it was a fine speech, but not among the greatest. Obama himself has given better.

I could have done without the admonishment of white people ...

I was thinking more of the future than the past when I listened to that speech. He said many things that I sincerely hope are serious indications of real policy. That's really all that matters to me about it.

i could have done without the admonishment of white people ...

wtf?

I could have done without the admonishment of white people ...
I printed a copy of the text of the speech and just reread it. I don't see any admonishment of white people in it. :confused:

wtf?

Oh, you missed it? Obama went on a Malcom X esc rant about the White Devil and his inherent inferiority and sinfulness. He did it right after he instituted Sharia and had Bush and all the hosts of conservative talk radio shot right on the White House lawn.

Werent you paying attention?

Oh, you missed it? Obama went on a Malcom X esc rant about the White Devil and his inherent inferiority and sinfulness. He did it right after he instituted Sharia and had Bush and all the hosts of conservative talk radio shot right on the White House lawn.

Werent you paying attention?
I must have been in the bathroom when that happened.

I haven't heard it, yet, but I did read it this morning. First thing in fact.

At first I was a little disappointed because it seemed... hmm... flat. There wasn't anything really inspiring in the speech, unlike, say, his victory speech on Election Day.

The more I thought about it though, the more I liked it. I thought there were shades of FDR in there, maybe not the string rhetorical hooks that you could quote over and over again, but the charge that America has been great and can still be great, but we're gonna have to work at it. I liked that the speech challenged us as a people, as a nation, and as a citizen of the world, to live up to our ideals and work at them everywhere.

There wasn't anything remarkable about the speech, but it kinda feel like President Obama just picked up the bugle and blew the charge.

3. On a related note, Chief Justice Roberts should resign over his inability to swear Obama in properly.
Really? He certainly blundered, but his mistake wasn't the first (Obama started giving the oath while Roberts was still talking) and Obama recited the correct one.
Unless you're saying this is indicative of a larger ignorance Roberts has of the Constitution, in which case yeah, if you don't know the oath, you probably shouldn't be Chief Justice.

There was a line I really liked in the speech (although I agree with others it wasn't his best): "The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works..." It had a nice New Deal-ly pragmatic feel to it, especially after an administration that has put ideology above competence.

Really? He certainly blundered, but his mistake wasn't the first (Obama started giving the oath while Roberts was still talking) and Obama recited the correct one.
Unless you're saying this is indicative of a larger ignorance Roberts has of the Constitution, in which case yeah, if you don't know the oath, you probably shouldn't be Chief Justice.

I was joking. :wink:

There was a line I really liked in the speech (although I agree with others it wasn't his best): "The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works..." It had a nice New Deal-ly pragmatic feel to it, especially after an administration that has put ideology above competence.

Agreed.

I was joking. :wink:

Gotcha. You've impressed me enough with your lawyer knowledge that you could tell me pretty much anything and I would accept it as truth.

Ok, finally got a chance to watch it... I think the best way to sum it up is that it was not the speech I, or the rest of America, wanted to hear, but it was the one we needed to hear.

I will also add that my wife, who is Japanese, was highly, highly impressed with how humble President Obama came off and how he made mention that America is a part of the world and needs to remember that. Again, perhaps not what many Americans wanted to hear, but needed to. And something that the rest of the planet both wanted and needed to hear as well.

To me the speach given by President Obama seemed like a Martin Luther speach style.

In my opinion, mr.Obama's speech wasn't as inspired as some other speeches he gave during the campaign; perhaps, it is because he has chosen to underline unity first and foremost, instead of change.
Anyway, I cannot tell whether it was a Martin Luther-style speech. I cannot even remember him giving speeches. I never lived in XVI-century Germany.

In my opinion, Mr. Obama's speech wasn't as inspired as some other speeches he gave during the campaign; perhaps, it is because he has chosen to underline unity first and foremost, instead of change.
Anyway, I cannot tell whether it was a Martin Luther-style speech. I cannot even remember him giving speeches. I never lived in XVI-century Germany.

*polite cough* Fixed.