I thought the student section was a little... umm... rambunctious? Distracting? Whatever you want to call them, that part was weird. And yes, i will gladly concede the t-shirts and campaign slogan were in poor taste.
Sadly, this means we can look forward to at least a week of FOX News concentrating on that aspect rather than what he said, which was inspired, and should be inspiring.
Sigh.
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well....since this door has been opened. here are my civil thoughts:
1) I thought this was an above average speech for the President. Though he is still strangely cold in his manner......he scores some points.
2) I was appalled by what I saw. I have been to dozens of memorial services for fallen comrades. That was a political rally last night....not a memorial. the pundits...like the WSJ this morning...are well within their rights to point this out.
3) I thought it was somewhat comical for Eric Holder to address a State whose citizens he has labeled racists and whose democratic processes he is attemtping to overthrow in court. but it is what it is.
I have already written my Congressperson with my expectations. Civility and toning down are well within the realm of the possible. I also expect him to keep his eye on the policy ball and work to repeal Obamacare and replace it with substantive, effective legislation; attack the very dangerous deficit problems through meaningful cuts that include all partners to this threat (i.e., including defense); fight the silly efforts to mollify free speech......and other things.
I might point something else out. I was listening to a local Left leaning radio program driving into work this morning. The subject of conversation was Alan Dershowitz's defense of Sarah Palin's use of the phrase "blood libel". what was interesting to me was the persistent and unrelenting effort to destroy this woman and her reputation. the announcers played multiple clips from as recent as yesterday from pundits calling her an idiot, a fool, dangerous, etc., etc. Putting aside the matter of why these people are so afraid of someone they have contempt for.....don't they understand the problem they are creating for themselves? I am not a Palin for President supporter. however, I also am frankly not going to listen to anyone who knocks on my door asking me to support equality and women's rights and then...out of all proportion...goes out of their way to destroy this woman. It's the very sort of behavior/language so many claim ought to be cleansed from the discourse. one cannot but hold the suspicion that this is intentionally orchestrated.
folks like me on the conservative side of the ledger are gonna sit back and watch how this plays out. civility? fine. actions speak louder than words. and we'll also see how this plays out in the policy realm.......
last night was an attempt to recreate the atmosphere of the 2008 election - probably unavoidable once the decision was made to hold the event on a University campus. in some respects...it's sad that was the chosen path.
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