[a fool in paradise]

Since it was apparently cribbed from other speeches, I suspect that Joe Biden was supposed to deliver it.

[redstateone]

Right on!

[JACKRUSSELL]

"Words Of History ... Crafted By 27-Year-Old In Starbucks"

[Eye of Unk]

From what I hear it was done at a Starbucks using cut, copy and paste from successful speeches of past presidents, I bet he couldn’t take a dump without passing someone else’s crap.

[sodpoodle]

From the article: “Presidential stewardship—not popularity, but stewardship—requires a sure and complete understanding of human nature as it exists, not as we wish it to be.”

Profound - a writer of Wynton Hall’s talent is clearly needed to write BHO’s speeches.

Obama is a published author??????????????? You can’t be serious!!!!

[Guenevere]

..but...but... Peggy Noonan called it 'serious and solid'...!

[Need4Truth]

I thought the speech was a embarrassing

[Jeff Chandler]

While I appreciated the tone of the speech-it wasn't all lib talk-it was surprisingly bland, and delivered without passion.

Viewed without messiah glasses, Obama is one dull guy.

[N. Theknow]

"All we have to fear, is what I am going to do to our country."

"Speak softly and don't ask, don't tell."

[I-ambush]

I thought it was a remarkable speech for 2 reasons:

First—I bet it was the first inaugural address to use the word “swill.”

Second— as a Zeppelin fan, I was gratified to hear one oftheir song titles quoted (”When the Levee Breaks”).

[adorno]

"An Army of Cliches Marching Across the Presidential Palate"

Well, duh!

Forget about high rhetoric and memorable speeches. He is the president as of yesterday, which is all that he was targeting ever since he came to Washington. He's attained his goal and everything else is secondary. A memorable speech wasn't necessary and a dull speech wasn't going to change the fact that he is now president.

He doesn't have to create or read any more memorable speeches, at least, not for the next 3 years until the next election cycle. Those speeches from the last 2 years were the means to the goal. The goals has been attained. The means can be shelved until it's needed again.

He knows that promises made during the election cycle cannot be kept. Lofty goals and great sound bites are no longer in need. The election is over. So, why revisit unnecessary lines from past speeches about hope and change? He is now the most powerful person in the world, and has more power than any black person has ever attained. Heck, he is the most powerful African ever, and even Mohammed would have to worship him.

So, let's not be silly with the high expectations from a no longer necessary memorable speech.

[alloysteel]

Hey, this is not Campaign 2012 yet. Give him a few months to hone his stump speech for that campaign, then revisit this oratory. The gnomes of the nascent obama regime shall have it polished up and with the right ring of sincerity and authority behind it.

But it will STILL be pure unadulterated bullcrap.

We are SO screwed.

[Revolting cat!]

They boy should of had Billy Ayers write it for him, but unfortunately, Billy was busy trying to sneak into Canada.

[Albertafriend]

All the other presidents were not trying to be someone other than themselves in their speeches. Obama himself probably doesn’t know who he is and so he casts himself in the image of other previous notable presidents like Lincoln and Kennedy and FDR.