Roger,

Obama’s speech was an attempt to verbalize all the favorite focus-group keywords that his team could come up with. However, those words were so unoriginal and contrived that Obama was unable to perform.

All evidence suggests that Obama does not believe in that speech. Iraq is not his war, and he desperately wanted to speak his mind, but he could not for political reasons.

This speech ends in a series of platitudes — the only way Obama could ‘gracefully’ exit from subject matter that is uncomfortable for him. He seeks comfort in platitudes because no one can challenge them, and he thinks he is establishing emotional rapport with his constituents by repeating them.

What did we learn from the content and execution of this speech? The conclusion is that Obama is weak, both intellectually, and as an orator. He only performs well when he has an emotional attachment to his subject matter and his audience. In short, Obama is a simply a cheerleader, not the objective and wise ‘leader’ that he plays on TV…