Remember Hitler and Stalin were both powerful speakers too.

Oh yeah... What exactly did he say of any substance?  What can you point to and say that means --- x.y.z ?  I didn't hear anything, it sounded just like his campaign promises, full of nothing.

FDR's speech came when this country was in worse shape than it is now.  It gave reassurance to the masses. It proved that this man had the wisdom and the courage to lead this country out of ruin and with his progressive programs and policies (which were not popular with the Congress) and into a period of semi-prosperity which blossomed with the advent of WWII.  I feel that FDR was the greatest president this country has ever seen, bar none!

You got that right !!  And today he signed the No Lobbiest Bill. I heard a Lobbiest on the radio at lunch time today say, "My job is secure because what he did  really effected nothing. It was all about appearances"....  Nice start to a new way of doing things, huh?  AND I am willing to bet good money that the media praises him for changing things.....  Yeah Right!!

He appears to connect with all people by simply staying away from specifics. Those of us that have been around for awhile are not fooled by this trick, especially from a politician. Can you name any real accomplishment or substantial peice of legislation he is responsible for, I don't know of any. The real Obama (the socialist ) will come out when he starts to enact policy. I pray for our country and that his socialist policies fail, they would be disasterouse for our country.

I wish that you would give him a chance as you did all of the Republicans.  It's obvious some people never change, even when you know what the last 8 years brought us.

I agree with Logical1.... He didn't really say anything that you can put your finger on.

However, today he did put thru an executive order to stop lobbiest.  NOT!! I heard a lobbiest speaking on the radio today and he said his job is secure because what Obama did looks like he did something to stop lobbiest, but in reality it was a face without the body --- looks good, but has no legs.....  I can hardly wait to hear all of the praises the media will poor on the news reports tonight for the great change in the lobbiest ability to get their messages to the President...... Man, are we that stupid to buy this load?

Van, you make some excellent points!  I am a huge history buff, and FDR/ER are the two people I have admired the most.  If it weren't for his courage and farsightedness in pushing through a hostile Congress bills that sounded like alphabet soup, this country might very well have totally collasped.  Projects like the CCC, TVA and WPA put the people of this country back to work, provided support to the financial industry by getting banks back on their feet, and strengthened the belief in government.  FDR was the greatest president this country has ever seen, before or since. 

Agree completely!

I agree more than words could possibly express....... Amen !!

Spell American      AmerICAN       We Will,  We have to, Now what a great start we have with our Brilliant new President Obama.  He needs our Prayers!!

I agree. Obama's speech was the best. He covered all areas, all cultures.  Great!

We all will decide on our own - but since knowledge is power, I am passing this along...
A question of perspective :
Obama/Biden v.s. McCain/Palin, what if things were switched around?... think about it.  Would the country's collective point of view be different? Could racism be the culprit? 
Ponder the following:
·What if the Obamas had paraded five children across the stage, including a three-month-old infant and an unwed, pregnant teenage daughter?
·What if John McCain was a former president of the Harvard Law Review?
·What if Barack Obama finished fifth from the bottom of his graduating class?
·What if McCain had only married once, and Obama was a divorcee?
·What if Obama was the candidate who left his first wife after a severe disfiguring car accident, when she no longer measured up to his standards?
·What if Obama had met his second wife in a bar and had a long affair while he was still married?
·What if Michelle Obama was the wife who not only became addicted to painkillers but also acquired them illegally through her charitable organization?
·What if Cindy McCain graduated from Harvard?
·What if Obama had been a member of the Keating Five? (The Keating Five were five United States Senators accused of corruption in 1989, igniting a major political scandal as part of the larger Savings and Loan crisis of the late 1980s and early 1990s.)
·What if McCain was a charismatic, eloquent speaker?
·What if Obama couldn't read from a teleprompter?
·What if Obama was the one who had military experience that included discipline problems and a record of crashi ng seven planes?
·What if Obama was the one who was known to display publicly, on many occasions, a serious anger management problem?
·What if Michelle Obama's family had made their money from beer distribution?
·What if the Obamas had adopted a white child?
·You could easily add to this list. If these questions reflected reality, do you really believe the election numbers would be as close as they are? This is what racism does. It covers up, rationalizes and minimizes positive qualities in one candidate and emphasizes negative qualities in another when there is a color difference.
Educational Background:
·Barack Obama:
Columbia University - B.A. Political Science with a Specialization in International Relations.
Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna *** Laude
Joseph Biden:
University of Delaware - B.A. in History and B.A. in Political Science.
Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.)
VS.
·John McCain:
United States Naval Academy - Class rank: 894 of 899
Sarah Palin:
Hawaii Pacific University - 1 semester
North Idaho College - 2 semesters - general study
University of Idaho - 2 semesters - journalism
Matanuska-Susitna College - 1 semester
University of Idaho - 3 semesters - B.A. in Journalism

Education isn't everything, but this is about the two highest offices in the land as well as our standing in the world. You make the call.

What if the release of a terrorist from Guantanomo Bay kills a US Marine or bombs a major American city?

What happens if gays are allowed in the military?

What happens if tax cheats (Rangel), or the next Treasury Secretary, set an example for the rest of us to follow, and we follow it?

What happens to scams in the real estate market (Reid) (Pelosi) (Feinstein) that are not punished?

What about gay sex parlors in basements (Frank)?

What happens when foreign money is given to a Sec of State's husband? (Clinton)

Education isn't everything, but governance is only about reason and virtue.  These people are no smarter than the rest of us, in fact, I contend less.  And virtue is non-existent.

While your article is compelling, McCain was not nominated by a majority of Republicans.  The left helped.  So did the media.  Then, naturally, they turned.  McCain is the least of those who deserved the nomination.  The very least.

I did make the call.

PS.  Mr. President, you have my support when you are right.  You will always have my prayers......

There are many very well-educated idiots.  Just because one scored well on college tests does not mean that he really knows HOW to get things done.  Look at Bush II.  He was extremely well educated...Yale and Harvard MBA and still screwed the pooch!!!