The American Spectator

Frank V.| 2.24.09 @ 6:15PM

Yawn.
If only he believed any of it.
If only his actions suggested he believed any of it.
Why cannot he be himself? First there was the Lincoln parody. Tonight we are to be treated to a Reaganesque BHO. What joy, what rapture! In what other Republican cloaks will he drape himself? These veneers do not hide the real BHO. Actions speak much louder than words.

Marc| 2.24.09 @ 7:08PM

What a joke... Obama lies about everything... such as, 95% of the people will receive a tax cut, the stimulus does not have one earmark, the results will be catastrophic if we don't act immediately... and on and on and on... his only goal is to move the country far left into a socialist state.

Real American| 2.24.09 @ 7:43PM

yeah. this isn't believable. It's typical Obama. His rhetoric doesn't match his actions. He says America will come out stronger...but first demands that we (and our children and their children) give up our money and freedom to big government who will never look out for anything or anyone other than itself.

Alan Brooks| 2.24.09 @ 7:53PM

in our laboratories, yes.

but how far will scientists take it?

Mary| 2.24.09 @ 8:25PM

Don't forget that an aggregate is starting to take a more rigid form now.

Obama is not really believable as a cheer-leader for the Country. He's passable, but his heart never really seems to be in it, and that's why when he attempts cheer-leading he's vapid more often than not. Per Brooks, he's bourgeois and much too fond of the "six point plan."

Rasmussen, the most accurate of the pollsters for the past two years, shows some problematic numbers for Obama, and maybe that's why he's giving this speech. Best to reinforce numbers before they get too far away from you.

I can't remember who wrote this, but someone a short while ago noted that he doesn't seem like the President, but instead seems like the guy who got the job. I think that's an accurate observation.

I don't think he recognizes that he's devalued the Obama currency already. Based on his loss of support among Independents, I'd say probably by about 30%. His greatest strength is the debauched SOTU that led him to the presidency.

But the yammerings of the AG -however well intended or not- and like yammerings should they continue, will hurt Obama. Even MoDo said a Leftist "virtuecrat" is just as unappealing as a virtuecrat from the Right.

Looks like tonight Jindal is going to try to address that debauched SOTU. But, IMO, his words are much too meek. I don't think he can return to this topic that easily. The time to show people that you know and repent of your share of the mismanagement is now.

ruth| 2.24.09 @ 10:40PM

Gallup has Obama's approvals below 60% today; first time ever. His negatives are skyrocketing, too. People are already starting to see through this pretender. Thank God.

Mary| 2.24.09 @ 11:23PM

Boy, Bobby Jindal is so young.

I was despairing when I heard his speech, but according to an NRO reader, he's getting decent grades from focus groups, so that's good.

He's a Rhodes Scholar and that's a big deal in terms of intellectual prowess. Clinton was a Rhodes scholar too. And his speech at the DNC in '88 put everyone to sleep.

I've heard Jindal when he's wonky and he synthesizes like Clinton.

I imagine Obama's inexperience and leadership style are unnerving a whole lot of people.

Sometimes I feel like we're between the anvil and the hammer.