Second Term
President Sworn-In Speech
We are seeing again a mark of elegance in his speech, a return to the days after 9/11 when he was most presidential, most eloquent, and most unifying of all Americans.
Look at the speech below:
His eloquence marks a return to that of a great stateman, possibly, and it will unfortunately not endure very long, especially because we are more suspicious of flowery language than before. It may be speech-writing, but he chose to use it anyway. After this, it will be the so-called "fight of our lives" to protect the things valued by special interests groups from Bush's Zanzetsuken.
This highlights more that the environmentalist movement puts itself as much more than an environmental movement or a faction fighting for power; it must creates for itself a declaration of interdependence.
After that first few paragraphs, it got less interesting.
We are seeing again a mark of elegance in his speech, a return to the days after 9/11 when he was most presidential, most eloquent, and most unifying of all Americans.
Look at the speech below:
I am grateful for the honor of this hour, mindful of the consequential times in which we live, and determined to fulfill the oath that I have sworn and you have witnessed.Amazing speech. Even I can't imagine John Kerry saying something like that. "Mindful of the consequential times" is a great phrase, because there are always consequences for our actions. "No one is fit to be a master, and no one deserves to be a slave" is also great rhetoric, reminiscent of Kennedy's "we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty."
At this second gathering, our duties are defined not by the words I use, but by the history we have seen together.
His eloquence marks a return to that of a great stateman, possibly, and it will unfortunately not endure very long, especially because we are more suspicious of flowery language than before. It may be speech-writing, but he chose to use it anyway. After this, it will be the so-called "fight of our lives" to protect the things valued by special interests groups from Bush's Zanzetsuken.
This highlights more that the environmentalist movement puts itself as much more than an environmental movement or a faction fighting for power; it must creates for itself a declaration of interdependence.
After that first few paragraphs, it got less interesting.
posted by Alan at January 20, 2005
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