A Tale of Two Speeches

[jefferson_dem]

A Tale of Two Speeches

"Wednesday was bookended by two remarkable -- and remarkably different -- political performances that demonstrated the vast expanse of America's political landscape," the New York Times reports.

"But what could not have been more different was the tone. Where Ms. Palin was direct and forceful, Mr. Obama was soft and restrained. Where Ms. Palin was accusatory, Mr. Obama appeared to go out of his way to avoid pointing fingers or assigning blame. Where she stressed the importance of fighting for our different beliefs, he emphasized our need for unity, referring to the 'American family -- 300 million strong.'"

Politico: "At sunrise in the east on Wednesday, Sarah Palin demonstrated that she has little interest -- or capacity -- in moving beyond her brand of grievance-based politics. And at sundown in the west, Barack Obama reminded even his critics of his ability to rally disparate Americans around a message of reconciliation."

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2011/01/13/a_tale_of_two_speeches.html

[mtnsnake]

1. The nice thing is that Palin is destroying her own chances every time she opens her mouth

She put herself into a position where she has ended up having to defend herself, and no one has done more damage to Sarah Palin than Sarah Palin herself by virtue of her own words and how she says them. Yes, what a contrast there is in the two of them.

[msanthrope]

2. "grievance-based politics." That's a keeper. n/t

[agentS]

3. About what I had expected from both parties

PRESIDENT Obama- I expected him to give a rousing speech without stepping on anybodies toes or trying to get people angry at each other. Of course, there's still a lot more to this case than meets the eye, so he didn't assign blame.

FAILURE Palin- Hell I didn't even watch her 'speech', just saw a few bits and context reporting from Big Ed and Olbermann. From what I did see, making this about 'silencing the opposition' made her look like a whiny brat. Several people just got shot, you ditz. Going after critics of your stupid postings is not a valuable use of time.

The nutbars on the right are mad because their tactics to gin up the crazies are being caught onto by others. This 'politics by lone gunman, followed by woe-is-me' is not going to work anymore. ALL THEY TALK about is gun metaphors because anything less that nutso is tuned out by their audience.

This Tucson nut wasn't a Palin fan, but it don't mean the others from last year weren't. Cenk was right on the money- BLOW the dogwhistle enough times and in enough directions, someone will listen and ACT on it.

[Myrina]

4. I watched her - on Mute - and just her mannerisms ...

... were defensive and 'all about me', very much like a 15 year old who's caught out after curfew and 'unjustly punished'.


She's really a classic textbook narcissist -- pysch students should be studying her!!