This is a video from Philadelphia, USA, of a complete Obama campaign speech on March 18, 2008. Interesting to compare it with the present.
Obama’s State of the Union Address: Cynicism, clichés and a call for austerity: here. And here.
Complete text of the address, with comments: here. More comments here.
Obama calls for ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’ repeal: here.
Obama’s State of the Union: Year one of a corporate presidency
By Billy Wharton
January 27, 2010 — From the start, Barack Obama’s presidency has seemed
like one big public relations campaign. Tonight’s State of the Union
address did little to dissuade one from this view. Sagging under the
weight of depressed dreams of hope and change, he desperately needed to
appear as though he was doing something to address the growing needs of
the US people. Emphasis was on “appearances”, since Obama’s speech
delivered more of the same from his first year in office: high rhetoric
with little substance.
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