Thursday, January 22, 2009

Obama's inaugural speech

Barack Obama's inaugural address was good, not great, the LAT argued yesterday morning. It lacked soaring rhetoric but it struck the right tone.

The LAT was disappointed that Obama spoke the following words: "Our nation is at war against a far-reaching network of violence and hatred." That won't do. The LAT rejects the idea of a "war on terror" because that was a Bush concept.

Further, Obama has chosen the wrong side of the same-sex "marriage" question, the LAT argues. And, he's wrong to include tax rebates in his stimulus plan.

Other than that, ....

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