09-16-2005, 10:49 AM
So...anyone see or hear it? What did you think of it?
Firstly, I don't really think going all the way down to New Orleans to give it made much sense. Didn't really give the impression he's taking a break from personally picking up rubble to have an impromptu chat with the nation. And I also find it a tad insensitive to spend so much money and effort on theatrical lighting to illuminate the area he was standing in. And I read that someone was paid an awful lot to get the clock working in the background. And personally I wouldn't stand in front of a statue of Andrew Jackson after being slammed as a racist for the last 3 weeks. Still, it started off ok when he walked out and it took FOREVER for him to reach the microphone. He had his sleeves rolled up and no tie so you could see he was working hard. Speech itself was pretty good but he did fall over the words alot. And no President should ever give out a telephone number during an address - it seems very tacky. It seems very "call in the next 10 mintues and you'll also get a free bottle opener!" I think the name "Gulf Opportunity Zone" is woeful. Who comes up with this stuff? And the excuse for screwing up that it was "not a normal hurricane" was hilariously bad.
The words for the first 8 or so minutes were excellent. But they're 2 and a half weeks late. I was extremely surprised to see so many people interviewed afterwards positive about the speech. Don't understand that at all. My favorite conclusion so far has been the line "The clothes have no emperor." Still, the fact remains that unless something very unusual happens hen I think the 2006 elections could be quite painful.
Firstly, I don't really think going all the way down to New Orleans to give it made much sense. Didn't really give the impression he's taking a break from personally picking up rubble to have an impromptu chat with the nation. And I also find it a tad insensitive to spend so much money and effort on theatrical lighting to illuminate the area he was standing in. And I read that someone was paid an awful lot to get the clock working in the background. And personally I wouldn't stand in front of a statue of Andrew Jackson after being slammed as a racist for the last 3 weeks. Still, it started off ok when he walked out and it took FOREVER for him to reach the microphone. He had his sleeves rolled up and no tie so you could see he was working hard. Speech itself was pretty good but he did fall over the words alot. And no President should ever give out a telephone number during an address - it seems very tacky. It seems very "call in the next 10 mintues and you'll also get a free bottle opener!" I think the name "Gulf Opportunity Zone" is woeful. Who comes up with this stuff? And the excuse for screwing up that it was "not a normal hurricane" was hilariously bad.
The words for the first 8 or so minutes were excellent. But they're 2 and a half weeks late. I was extremely surprised to see so many people interviewed afterwards positive about the speech. Don't understand that at all. My favorite conclusion so far has been the line "The clothes have no emperor." Still, the fact remains that unless something very unusual happens hen I think the 2006 elections could be quite painful.