Never before in the annals of national moments of mourning have the words spoken been so wildly mismatched by the spirit in which they were received.
The sentences and paragraphs of President Obama's speech last night were beautiful and moving and powerful. But for the most part they didn't quite transcend the wildly inappropriate setting in which he delivered them.
There was something about the choice of place, a college arena with the appropriate name of the McKale Memorial Center, that made the event turn literally sophomoric."
Thursday, January 13, 2011
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