Let's be clearer here. I have acknowledged that he read the speech well. No, that's not sarcasm: he did so with feeling and that suggests he had some concept of the meaning of the words. Still, many were hyperbole: "Win the War on Sin/Evil" sort of hyperbole. EZ to say.. Meaningless.

What we can rarely determine, without close personal familiarity - or in the case of 'public life', a pattern of actions demonstrating what the speaker meant by the words, - is, "what does he really umm 'comprehend' of world history, how homo-saps dodge&weave" and what does he Really take to be ~ "American values that can never be on the table - for expediency, or just plain Goodness (Security)"?

I give him more benefit of doubt than before his speech. I hope your larger confidence in this man, is not misplaced. We all lose then - and I damn well don't need to be Right (umm..) and 'win' this wonderment about Who He Be, y'know?


Cheers,

Ashton
living in those interesting times, sorta