This was a large part of my issue with Obama’s speech, it’s basically clapter comedy, designed to elicit head nods from the already converted. He’s incredibly polished, which is a skill in and of itself, but he rarely ever says anything profound or novel or actually interesting. He’s always at an arm’s length, never any surprises or moments of genuine passion. But that’s because his ideology is firmly Mainstream American, Ken Burns stuff. He always has to couch his criticisms with rote optimistic pablum. Whenever I hear an Obama speech I feel like I'm eating a white person's attempt at making jerk chicken. The spices are there but it just ain't hitting right.
I’m already seeing a lot of takes saying he gave one of the best speeches of all time tonight and I feel like I’m taking crazy pills. He did have some hot lines in the middle though, I have to give him that.