Occam Bandage
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Wed Feb-25-09 10:04 AM
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Poll question: Which is the more important story? |
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I am aware that I have a high-profile thread about Bobby Jindal. That pre-dates either speech, so don't take that as evidence of my opinion one way or the other.
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Wed Feb-25-09 10:05 AM
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1. Jindal's we already know Obama can speak - Jindal just buried himself. |
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Wed Feb-25-09 10:07 AM
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2. Given that the major takeaway from Jindal's speech was how inconsequential it was... |
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I guess I have to go with Obama.
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Wed Feb-25-09 10:07 AM
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Until Jindal came on, I was beaming with pride and confidence in the leadership and poise of Obama. After Jindal, I was laughing at the state of the repukes.
Neither was a surprise, but Jindal's fail may have been more notable for the short term. Obama's speech will be with us much longer.
One point, I have heard nearly no negative criticism of Obama's speech. Obama and Jindal worked together on that.
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Wed Feb-25-09 10:08 AM
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4. to be fair, I think part of the focus on Jindal is how it shows how devoid of talent the GOP is |
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Seems like it is partly a celebration of the fact that the GOP, as we have known it in the past couple of decades, is done for.
But, yeah, President Obama* had THE message. And it was beautifully stated.
*President Obama .... don't ya just LOVE writing/reading that phrase!
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Wed Feb-25-09 10:09 AM
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5. You seem to implicitly recommend a correlation of import and discussion volume |
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Edited on Wed Feb-25-09 10:16 AM by Kurt_and_Hunter
I think Jindal's speech was more interesting and provoking of comment than Obama's because Obama is the President. I am more concerned with what he does, not what he says.
Jindal represents a political dynamic more than a policy dynamic so what he says is pretty much the whole story.
In terms of import, the data in the C/S housing report released yesterday is probably as germane to Obama's ultimate success or failure in office as anything said in a speech but I don't expect it to have the same priority on a political discussion board. It's not very sexy.
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Wed Feb-25-09 10:22 AM
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9. I do, and it's a bit unfair, but I was honestly surprised to log in |
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and see all the discussion focused on what I thought was a speech only noteworthy in its mundanity and unimportance.
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Wed Feb-25-09 10:12 AM
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6. Jindal is in the last 3 minutes of his 15 minutes of fame |
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Wed Feb-25-09 10:18 AM
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7. Jindal's speech was a car wreck. n/t |
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Wed Feb-25-09 10:21 AM
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8. If I had to rate them, of course the President's speech was more important but... |
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