Dissecting Obama’s big speech tonight
OBAMA: And, above all, I will ask you to join in the work of remaking this nation, the only way it’s been done in America for 221 years — block by block, brick by brick, calloused hand by calloused hand.
(REMAKING AMERICA BRICK BY BRICK?—B.P.)
OBAMA: It can’t happen without you, without a new spirit of service, a new spirit of sacrifice.
So let us summon a new spirit of patriotism, of responsibility, where each of us resolves to pitch in and work harder and look after not only ourselves but each other.
(SPREAD THE WEALTH! JOIN MY “CIVILIAN SERVICE” GOON SQUADS!—B.P.)
OBAMA: Let us remember that, if this financial crisis taught us anything, it’s that we cannot have a thriving Wall Street while Main Street suffers.
(IF WALL STREET THRIVES, IT HELPS MAIN STREET! WALL STREET IS NOT AN ENEMY!—B.P.)
OBAMA: In this country, we rise or fall as one nation, as one people. Let’s resist the temptation to fall back on the same partisanship and pettiness and immaturity that has poisoned our politics for so long.
(THE RICH ARE JUST SELFISH!—B.P.)
OBAMA: And to all those watching tonight from beyond our shores, from parliaments and palaces, to those who are huddled around radios in the forgotten corners of the world, our stories are singular, but our destiny is shared, and a new dawn of American leadership is at hand.
(ONLY PALACES HAVE TV? OTHERS HAVE ONLY RADIO? PRESIDENT OBAMA IS SHARING OUR DESTINY WITH “FORGOTTEN WORLD CORNERS”?—B.P.)