Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Political Humor of the Day: Jon Stewart on Obama's Inauguration Speech

Ah, the delightful Jon Stewart is right on schedule with a humorous look at Inauguration-a-palooza and presidential speeches.

My own take: Obama's delivery was excellent, but the content of the speech was kind of . . . boilerplate and vanilla. Some of it sounded really familiar -- and apparently I wasn't the only one to think so! Take it away, Jon!





OK, Exhibit A of media hype. Take a look at this CNN piece about the speech. It says, and I quote (my emphasis on one egregiously drool-y moment):

President-elect Barack Obama's inaugural address is one of the most anticipated speeches in decades, with many expecting his words to be chiseled into marble some day.

That's how the news piece begins. Oh, for goodness sake.

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