Were President Lincoln to be reincarnated, and had he been forced to listen to President Obama's thirty minute speech about the situation in Libya, he would likely find some of his original words to be worthy of reuse:
"He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I know."
It is hard, indeed, to communicate great ideas, when the speaker has none. Sadly, we are ill served, not just by Mr. Obama, but also by too many sitting politicians whose only ideas seem to be election and re-election to political office.
The words of Bill McKay, the character played by Robert Redford in the 1972 movie 'The Candidate', speaking to his campaign manager immediately after the announcement of his victory, seem to fit the current generation of politicians:
"What do we do now?"
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I was glad to listen to what Obama had to say last night, but I did think he could have been a LOT more succinct. I must say, I'm relieved that NATO is taking over command of the Libya situation.
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