Style of the Speech Tonight

[harun]

Poll question: Style of the Speech Tonight

How would you classify the speech tonight?

[ShortnFiery]

1. Other: Neo-Liberal = Neo-Conservative with a soft social velvet glove.

[cliffordu]

3. Your perfect self description if I have ever heard it.

[saigon68]

5. Well its HIS WAR now

I hope he will like what is coming

[cliffordu]

7. Where the hell were the barricades when this all began, goddamit?

You know what happened to the people who believed we were there for the duration after we left Vietnam.

I'll go BACK to the barricades if I believe this is another Vietnam.......



He has to clean this up.

[cowcommander]

2. Sounds a lot like the same shit the previous boss was saying in the past 8 years

[Lost-in-FL]

4. Nightmarerish. nt

[HopeHoops]

6. I thought it started at 9:00!

D'OH!

[saigon68]

8. You missed nothing--- it was kind of like this

[HopeHoops]

12. OUCH - MAH EYES - MAH EYES!

You need to put a warning on posts like that!!!!

[Raine]

11. No loss nt

[harun]

13. Be glad you missed it.

[laughingliberal]

9. Other-"Nixon in '68"

It resembled Nixon's campaign slogan in 1968. When you have to sell something distasteful, say what you have to say and get out.

[corpseratemedia]

10. other

progressive-defeatist under the thick warm woolly overcoat of obvious ersatz neo-liberalism realpolitik, peppered with unfelt neo-con phrasing


I don't consider progressives defeatist at all, but I sensed that he was pointing out that there are no viable progressive options given the power-structure and interests of our country - at this moment in time.

I appreciate his nuanced brilliance, but end-results are end-results.


a real escalation would have involved much larger numbers. This was a politically pleasing way to pull out.


Just imo how it came across to me.

also, I do not support the escalation at all. We need a huge paradigm shift , starve the beast through transforming our economy to a green, energy independent one vs. trying to kill a cancer that's metastisized with carcinogens..a bit of his phrasing lol

[harun]

14. Good analysis, I think I agree.

[StarfarerBill]

15. He always gives a fine speech, technique-wise;

the content, however, was pure, recycled neocon.

The wars go on...

[saigon68]

17. A bunch of lies

RE; 9-11 and all of that

[Bluebear]

16. These polls really do tell the tale, don't they? When the HQ talking points are not regurgitated