Opaque Lucidity

Presidential Outreach

The President spoke to the nation tonight with a speech that was high on the positive efforts underway and the work ahead in the future. This is what we've come to expect from our Presidents after disasters: nothing too detailed, but an assurance that the sun will still rise in the morning.

What I find disturbing is that Friday will find Michael Moore, Daily Kos and the rest of the fever swamp section of the blogosphere digging into the President's speech phrase by phrase, looking for something at which to poke fun. This the same speech that Presidents Clinton, Carter, Reagan, Nixon or Roosevelt would've given under similar circumstances. While they certainly don't need to fawn over the President's effort (it wasn't a history-making speech after all), the hate and anger that it will stir up will be discouraging.

Wait and see.

On another note, Kelli and I just returned from a preview of "The Greatest Game Ever Played." I have an agreement to post a review of the film here; I will do so in the morning.