January
20, 2008
Obama Stumbles and Disappoints
When
Chief Justice John Roberts asked Obama to repeat his words, Obama jumped on top
of Roberts before he had finished the first phrase. This caused Obama to miss
the second phrase and that caused Roberts to stumble while trying to repeat the
second phrase to help Obama.
Obama had decided to use his middle name after
not allowing it to be spoken during the entire campaign. So, when Roberts first
said, "I Barack Hussein Obama..." there was an audible confusion in
the crowd. Apparently, it was the first time his many supporters had ever heard
that his middle name was Hussein. They thought Roberts had misspoken, and Obama
tried to repeat the words so quickly to get past his middle name that it caused
the a disruption of the pace of the oath of office. It appears that Obama really
can't speak without a teleprompter.
Then came the moment for Obama to give his
much hyped speech. Obama was said to have written this speech himself after two
full days of being holed up in his office. After hearing it, it was clear that
Obama had indeed written the speech himself after studying past inaugural speeches.
It
was a disjointed jumble of nonsense. The theme of the speech changed from telling
individuals they needed to work hard to solve America's problems, as if they weren't
already doing that, to telling us that only the government could solve their problems,
not the individuals. His timing was so poor that the audience couldn't figure
out when to applaud. This caused awkward moments of silence and then applause
that interrupted whatever he was trying to say. He ended his sophomoric speech
by saying that America would lead the world once more, implying that it not been
a leader in recent times.
There were no nuggets such as "The only thing
we have to fear is fear it self;" or "Ask not what your country can
do for you, ask what you can do for your country." No, this speech was a
clunker; dead on arrival. Only absolute morons would have stood in the freezing
cold to watch this on a Jumbotron.
It cost approximately $150 million for this
"Thriller in the Chiller." Around 40,000 troops and law enforcement
personnel guarded the non-event. That's twice as many troops as it took for the
successful Surge in Iraq and almost 10,000 more than the troops currently deployed
in the war on terror in Afghanistan. The only casualties of note were democrat
senators Kennedy and Byrd. Both were hospitalized for collapsing for unspecified
reasons; probably delayed reactions to Obama's drivel.
The stock market tanked
with the largest drop in its history for an Inauguration day. North Korea restarted
their nuclear program. Hugo Chavez said that Obama had the "same stench"
as Bush. So much for being a Messiah.
TLG
