[ Obama yawns as he explains how he's reinventing the USA in the likeness of socialist radicalism... He exudes a smarmy coolness; an aloofness that seems to give the lie to all his rhetoric about "redistribution" of wealth, etc. Goodbye America, you've got the leader you deserve. ]
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Calm. Cool. Careful.
“There are no quick fixes,” he said, “and there are no silver bullets.”
It’s an interesting dichotomy: Obama came before the nation to sell one of the most expensive and politically risky agendas ever offered by a U.S. president, but his language was heavy with caution. A hard-willed plan given a soft sell.
Served up opportunities to lead with his heart, Obama was cerebral. Cool and calming in a time of white-hot public anger