I was not able to attend Barack Obama's speech at USC this past Friday, October 22, 2010. I was able to, however, witness bits and pieces of his eloquence over the big jumbo tron in the middle of McCarthy Quad. I really enjoyed listening to him speak, especially his uses of analogies to describe differences between Democrats and Republicans. I support many of Obama's ideas and policies and I thought he did an excellent job coming to our prestigious university and representing the Democrats in the upcoming election. His comparison of the Republicans to driving a car in reverse, while the Democrats are trying to go forward in drive was both genius and comical. Also, you cannot forget his salute to the Trojan family and beginning to his speech with, "FIGHT ON!" YES WE CAN!
I was only mildly amused by Obama's speech, but I did crack a smile when he said "that's why you put the car in D to go forward, and in R for reverse." I have to give Obama's speechwriter kudos for that little gem. I actually heard that one of Obama's main speechwriters is only in their early 20s, which is truly inspirational.
ReplyDeleteI found the focus of Obama's speech very interesting in comparison to ones from the election circuit. He was very anti-Republican, which is of course necessary since the Democrats are behind in the polls and the point of his tour right now is to get people to vote during the midterms. Still, it was jolting to hear him actively putting down the other party when he spent most of his campaign straddling a line of neutrality.
ReplyDeleteOne of Obama's main speechwriters is only in his twenties? That is very impressive. I really enjoyed listening to the speech Obama gave.
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