We will hire new cops and firefighters--veterans will be
great for those jobs (Yoo hoo, GI Bill, where are you? $74,000 a year tuition?
We will have saved half a trillion clams, don't forget!)
Again, we can learn from the military; they do not
discriminate on the basis of race, creed or gender (sorry, there is sexism, bad
sexism--pardon my irreverence);
They look out for each other (agreed)
One of his most prized possessions is a flag given to him by
one of the Navy Seals who killed bin Laden. Watching that mission go forward,
he sat in between Bill Gates and Hillary Clinton (did Hillary stop applauding
long enough to shake hands with Bar? Did he slip more asides to Bill than her? Gates,
that is.)
The mission succeeded because each unit of it trusted each
other (and they all blamed 9/11 on bin Laden--again, pardon my irreverence)
Our destiny (both Republican and Democratic as well as
Independent etc.) is stitched together like the fifty stars and thirteen
stripes (there's a statistic! Don't lose it! But flags are mass-produced today,
Bar. Betsy Ross died a while ago.)
THERE IS NO CHALLENGE TOO GREAT! LET US JOIN IN OUR COMMON
PURPOSE AS WE MOVE FORWARD. AMERICA WILL ALWAYS BE STRONG! ANYONE WHO TELLS YOU
OTHERWISE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE IS TALKING ABOUT! (anyone specific in
mind? Evidently not a woman, not even Bachman. Oh, that's the generic "he").
I twisted things around a bit; the president did not end
with a negative. That was just close to the end. Please don't fault me if I
haven't quoted verbatim--that's a disclaimer. I did my best. It's been a long
day.
I listened to a few Democratic criticisms and then turned
off the tube before the Republicans could charge. I'd seen enough of them.
First, the decision to allow young illegal immigrants to
stay and thrive and then lock the border in stone comes a bit late (he wouldn't
be campaigning, would he?).
Then, a speech about everything is a speech about nothing.
And then, Obama's ratings went up a bit during the speech.
And then, we'll have to choose between a cultural populist and an economic
populist (Who might they be?).
Commented Diane Sawyer, "One hour and five minutes" (not
four score and seven years, by a long shot).
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