The Obama factor (6)

[Valin]

Power Line:

Scott Johnson

July 13 2016

 

 

The White House has posted the full text of President Obama’s speech at the memorial service for the murdered Dallas police officers here. I hadn’t found it when I commented on the speech yesterday afternoon based on the video. I want to add this brief additional note.

 

It’s much easier to read the speech than to watch it. Obama is so full of himself — so aware of himself performing — that the video is almost unwatchable. He cannot fake sincerity. He is a transparent phony.

 

The office of the presidency makes the occupant both ceremonial head of state and head of government. Some occasions call on the president to act as head of state. In my opinion, the memorial service yesterday was one such occasion.

 

President Bush spoke as a Texan, a Dallas resident and a former president. His remarks demonstrate a perfect sense of occasion. He set a good example.

 

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I could post Obama's speech, but life is to short to waste time on his "soaring rhetoric".