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Just watched it (cause I knew that I was waking up at 5am,I wasn't staying up all night, not with the joys of the internet to help me).
Damn, but that man's a fine orator.
Because it wasn't that inspired a speech. He's definately done better.
It covered what it needed to: kudos to his defeated opponent, thanks to his running mate, family, and staff, call to both sides of the partisan divide, an initial statement of essentially "I may not be everything you want me to be" and a very inspiring, but ultimately non-specific call to the people for coming together as a nation.
It was on message (how many times can you say "Yes we can" and attribute it to iconic figures of american history?)
But at the end of the day, it wasn't a brilliant speech. It did what it was supposed to do, and that was all.
I still had tears in my eyes at the end of it. And that's the difference between someone who can deliver a speech and someone who can orate well.
It also distresses me, and at the same time I grok utterly the need, that the whole thing was buffered with bulletproof glass.
I long for a day when a leader doesn't have to be encased in security when they go out in public. I doubt we'll ever be there, but damn, it would be nice.
Damn, but that man's a fine orator.
Because it wasn't that inspired a speech. He's definately done better.
It covered what it needed to: kudos to his defeated opponent, thanks to his running mate, family, and staff, call to both sides of the partisan divide, an initial statement of essentially "I may not be everything you want me to be" and a very inspiring, but ultimately non-specific call to the people for coming together as a nation.
It was on message (how many times can you say "Yes we can" and attribute it to iconic figures of american history?)
But at the end of the day, it wasn't a brilliant speech. It did what it was supposed to do, and that was all.
I still had tears in my eyes at the end of it. And that's the difference between someone who can deliver a speech and someone who can orate well.
It also distresses me, and at the same time I grok utterly the need, that the whole thing was buffered with bulletproof glass.
I long for a day when a leader doesn't have to be encased in security when they go out in public. I doubt we'll ever be there, but damn, it would be nice.
