No words.

For a time after the SOTU speech last night, I simply didn't have the words to describe what I say. A few came to mind: immature, insulting, unpresidential. It has to be the longest campaign speech in recorded history. It was a tirade. It was odd.
The tone of the speech was just odd. There was little passion or energy. Nothing uplifting or inspiring and nothing that could offer hope to an America that is suffering the effects of a horrible economy. It sounded like he was talking about reading instructions to program your DVR. And wouldn't have been simple to just state the one or two things that George W. Bush didn't do wrong. It was like watching a child blame his little brother/or sister. He has the nerve to preach about leadership, when he talks about not paying for tax cuts. Who's money is it, Mr. President? Is all money govt.'s and we are allowed to keep an amount they believe is fair. Mr. President, the govt. produces nothing and only takes from producers- big and small. Suggesting that tax cuts be paid for, implies that the money is theirs and it's natural place is Washington. This is where the true battle for this country lies; who's money is it? But that's for another blog.
But something else I was struck by was something I remembered from the old handbook of sales. As a reformed salesperson, I tried not to tear down my competition. If I had a good product that I believed in and was proven, selling it was easy. When the competition sold against me and my prospect told me all the things that he heard were wrong with my product, I asked what it was he like about the competitions product. More times than not, there were few items logged in his memory. It was an opportunity to remind him that if you have to talk about something else rather than your own product, your product is tough to sell. Mr. President, the American public knows yours is a tough sell. Tearing down the decade that preceded you to build up what you intend to do- because you haven't done anything really, will only work with small fringe that hate Bush. If I were you, I'd work on your product. Make it sell able, somehow. Good luck.

But the speech felt odd. It lacked dignity. It was boring-even for a SOTU.
Most of these speeches are less than memorable save a few lines here or there. This one will be exceptionally forgettable. For Obama's sake, that is, no doubt, a good thing. What will be remembered is his flagrant blaming and embarrassing himself by criticizing the Supreme Court. Shameful.
With the longest speech in almost 40 years, it might have been difficult to endure if there were something substantive actually said.
One speech down, two to go.