Instead, I was just watching Obama's speech on youtube since I missed it last night. Good, good, blah, blah, let's hope half the things he says get done.
Then I turned to the Republican response by Bobby Jindal, you know, the guy who is supposed to be their Obama. And man, what a piece of crap the speech was. I mean, I had heard that it was bad from some people, but I couldn't rule out personal biases. But seeing it for myself really hit home how much of a disaster it was.
Christian Brose (Condoleezza Rice's chief speechwriter) at Foreign Policy had this to say:
As if Obama needed any further boosts tonight, those who hung around to see Gov. Bobby Jindal's rebuttal witnessed perhaps one of the worst speeches in recent memory. I struggle to recall a moment when there was such a yawning gap between the size of the opportunity and the quality of the performance. The writing, the tone, the delivery, the reading of the country's mood, the "back to the future" message that government is the problem -- all of it was wrong. And that is so depressing. Jindal seems like a whip smart, data-driven guy, with an inspiring story, who is perfectly at ease with big ideas and policy details alike, and who is willing to think creatively to solve the problems that are really affecting Americans now, in 2009. Not the problems of 1980. That guy never even suited up tonight. What a shame.
Pretty embarrassing. Barry Obama, he ain't.
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