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Whats wrong with mentioning the fact that Obama has inherited this mess, he speaks the truth. During his campaign he has mentioned transparencies in his administration.
Truth hurts?
Of course it's the truth. Let those who live in denial wallow in it. It's not going to make a bit of difference. The majority backs him, and the Repubs look very bad not backing him.
The OP brought up some good points about Obama's speech. While I am in the camp that thinks Obama was the best hope to get us out of this mess, I don't think he is perfect...nor do I think that ANYONE else has any better ideas. We are in for a painful time ahead. I think the new administration will be better by FAR than the old. Even if only because Obama does stress that HE WILL LISTEN before he acts. That alone makes me feel better about our chances of becoming a strong and HONORABLE nation again.
The OP sounds like someone who gave a fair and (in his opinion) honest account of what he heard. Even if I disagree.
The OP brought up some good points about Obama's speech. While I am in the camp that thinks Obama was the best hope to get us out of this mess, I don't think he is perfect...nor do I think that ANYONE else has any better ideas. We are in for a painful time ahead. I think the new administration will be better by FAR than the old. Even if only because Obama does stress that HE WILL LISTEN before he acts. That alone makes me feel better about our chances of becoming a strong and HONORABLE nation again.
The OP sounds like someone who gave a fair and (in his opinion) honest account of what he heard. Even if I disagree.
What the OP heard was only what he wanted to hear. Anyone who dislikes Obama is going to pick and turn it around. Forget that. He's going to get what he wants and what is needed for American citizens.
I would love to see Obama or any of his supporters ever answer 1 question without speaking of Bush. I have a feeling it cant be done. Their whole campaign was "we're not Bush". His answers last night were "we inherited this problem" or "failed poilicies of the last administration".
How can it be done if you do not ackowledge that Obama has been left a pile of turd? You are waliknig aroung in denial of what has been done to this country for the past eight years. No hindsight or foresight makes for a very ignorant bunch. As I stated in another post, you cannot sweep manure under the rug, It will stink until it is dealt with.
Speeches and press conferences are different events. They're not interchangable.
I know and understand this. I just think it's trivial. Maybe we should consider doing something other than arguing over the arrangement of the deck chairs on the Titanic as it's sinking. Catch my drift?
You know, I watched Obama’s speech last night, and I have a few comments.
I didn’t much care for his tone at all. It reminded me of a frustrated kindergarten teacher trying to get her class to do something it obviously didn’t want to do. It seems he’s getting frustrated that people aren’t blindly carrying out his orders. That’s bad in a couple of ways.
It doesn’t bode well for his disposition for the next four years, because people ARE going to disagree with him. It also makes him look like he EXPECTS people to do what he says. I hate to break it to him, but we all have opinions and thoughts on how things need to be done, and they ain’t all gonna mesh with his opinions and ideas.
He also alienated a large part of the populace by saying he just can’t negotiate with people who want to do nothing. I think they should do nothing. Explain to me why we should do something, convince me. He has yet to do this, nobody has really, and it is clear from last night he isn’t willing to try.
At least four times, he mentioned ‘the failed policies of the last eight years.’ The election’s over. Putting blame on the past makes you look bad. Blaming the past four times (at least) in one speech makes you look very bad.
I also noticed that he mentioned the same number of times that he inherited a deficit of a trillion dollars. On this he is correct. However, he wants to double it within his first month in office. He didn’t point THAT out.
Who was that moron reporter that asked about baseball? Obama should have cut him off with a ‘we’re here to talk about important things’ type of rebuff. I think that was a missed opportunity.
Was it me, or did he slip and said Iran had a nuke? I thought I heard it. I either misheard, he misspoke, or he let something slip.
]Really, I think he’s trying, but I think he’s in way over his head. I don’t think he gets the issues completely, doesn’t know what to do about it, and can’t take disagreement.
I hope he improves.
I can't agree more than 100% with you...he is trying to convince him self and all the people who already voted for him and have no clue what he is saying and "yes" has no clue that the campaign is over and he is the president...what a joke...
Although i wasn't in favor of him becoming the president I at least expected something else for the first 3 weeks, but this has started worse than I could have ever imagined!
What the OP heard was only what he wanted to hear.
Actually, I expected to hear a good presentation on why we absolutly needed the stimulus presented by a man confident in his convictions. I didn't hear that at all.
I can't agree more than 100% with you...he is trying to convince him self and all the people who already voted for him and have no clue what he is saying and "yes" has no clue that the campaign is over and he is the president...what a joke...
Although i wasn't in favor of him becoming the president I at least expected something else for the first 3 weeks, but this has started worse than I could have ever imagined!
If you are of that opinion of Obama, you must have been really felt miserable and depressed when Bush was at the helm.
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