tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28062496.post1284778285381238628..comments2023-03-22T06:47:40.952-05:00Comments on Quibbling Potatoes: Hey, haters! The Inaugural Speech Didn't Suck!Steven Bellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18063704124730207897noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28062496.post-59472314507444010802009-02-03T11:21:00.000-06:002009-02-03T11:21:00.000-06:00"As for our common defense, we reject as false the..."As for our common defense, we reject as false the choice between our safety and our ideals." <BR/><BR/>I agree that he used the English language beautifully in this section of the speech. That was lovely. I love the phrase "we reject as false the..".<BR/><BR/>I do wish the speech was organized a little better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28062496.post-16471778449130625592009-01-21T13:36:00.000-06:002009-01-21T13:36:00.000-06:00That was about the least dirty context in which on...That was about the least dirty context in which one will ever hear the phrase "relations with Upper Fistopia".Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14737277731248428907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28062496.post-33437805046094575242009-01-21T12:14:00.000-06:002009-01-21T12:14:00.000-06:00First of all, I object to the term "commentator." ...First of all, I object to the term "commentator." I much prefer "thing-observer" or, alternatively, "expoundist." <BR/><BR/>I really do believe it was fine...outside the top five, but definitely high up in the next tier. Unequivocably the best since Kennedy's. And I certainly wasn't expecting much more (he's already made two history book speeches, so he can take some time off). The best-written line really was the "extend hand/unclenched fist" one, though now I worry about our relations with Upper Fistopia. <BR/><BR/>Anyway, nobody should make sweet, sweet love to the English language. You don't know where that thing's been.Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13539780166196461142noreply@blogger.com