Tuesday, January 20, 2009
The New President
Long time readers will recall that I rate Presidents by speaking ability. That means that, for instance, Kennedy, Reagan, and Clinton count as good ones in my ratings, while Nixon, Ford, and (gasp) W. Bush count as bad ones. Oh, there are other criteria of course, but right now I'm talking about speaking ability.
I was working at my job teaching the youth of Las Vegas when Barak was sworn in, so I read his speech during a break and thought it was a pretty good one. Then I came home and took advantage of my DVR to watch the proceedings in living high-definition. Well, I think we may actually have a new all-time winner for good Presidential speaker. Holy cats, the man has a way with words. 'Course, I never heard FDR live, nor TR, nor Lincoln, all of whom were reputedly excellent behind the podium. But of the ones I've heard, Obama wins the cup, hands down. I hope that this is an auspicious thing, I really do.
Steve
I was working at my job teaching the youth of Las Vegas when Barak was sworn in, so I read his speech during a break and thought it was a pretty good one. Then I came home and took advantage of my DVR to watch the proceedings in living high-definition. Well, I think we may actually have a new all-time winner for good Presidential speaker. Holy cats, the man has a way with words. 'Course, I never heard FDR live, nor TR, nor Lincoln, all of whom were reputedly excellent behind the podium. But of the ones I've heard, Obama wins the cup, hands down. I hope that this is an auspicious thing, I really do.
Steve
