On May 23, 7:29 pm, (Rand Simberg)
wrote:
On Fri, 23 May 2008 17:29:58 -0700 (PDT), in a place far, far away,
Quadibloc made the phosphor on my monitor glow in
such a way as to indicate that:

If his oratory inspires people, that at least is a change we've been
waiting for for a long time.

Hitler's oratory inspired a lot of people, too. What's your point?

Barack Obama doesn't seem to be inspiring people to do bad things with
his oratory. I was thinking more along the lines of John F. Kennedy.

Substance is more valuable than oratory, but I would very much like to
see a President who inspires Americans to faith in their country and
its future in a positive and unifying manner.

Of course, Ronald Reagan could have done that too, if the media had
only been on his side.

John Savard