it was an amazing piece of oratory, whoever wrote it.

i heard a great interview with simon schama by bill moyers, in which simon says whenever obama opens his mouth, it sounds like one of the writers of the constitution, which i found very apt.

he's steeped himself in it till it's what he is...

for sheer rhetoric he's peerless, now for when the rubber meets the road, we wait agog in wonder.

can he pull a whole country out of a nosedive?

if anyone can, it's he.

that speech was brilliant, all the more powerful for its brevity and punch.
 

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