The Gettysburg Address lasts just under three minutes.

We should be so lucky.....

Moroniss wrote a good biography on Vince Limbardi entitled "When Pride Mattered."
He is clearly infatuated with our empty-suit, affirmative-action, mediocrity. How else explain such a stupid, stupid... stupid comment.

I guess pride doesn´t matter anymore to Mr. Maraniss. What a bootlicker.

The Gag Meter spins wildly and bounces off the table.

What a sick little man, forget the innocent victims and their families, it´s all about obama.

His speech will be forgotten within a month.

People say the stupidest things when they are in love, don´t they?

These people have a screw lose.

To see such an inane comment is breathtaking. What in the world is he thinking to say such an obviously buffoonish thing?

Only in the sense that the "people will little note nor long remember" what he said there.

O made a speech?

Lincoln, Reagan, FDR, Jesus Christ and God...the Left have compared Obama to all of these, so what else is new?

The Gettysburg Address commemorated brave soldiers who died in the service of their country, in the worst crisis this country has seen. It was appropriate for the President to give this address. The Newtown shooting, sad as it was, was not an historical event. But perhaps it is appropriate that this miniature, manufactured president has his moment at a miniature, manufactured national crisis.

The President’s Newtown Connecticut speech was the speech of a hypocrite. Why? The President spoke with great emotion about our first responsibility as a nation is to protect our kids -- keep them safe and secure. BUT, when a Michigan Union thug threatened that union members would be at Governor Snyder’s daughter’s soccer games because the governor signed Right-to-Work legislation-- that was a threat against “one of our children.” So – WHY didn’t the President condemn it? And if the President is so anti-violence, why didn’t he condemn the politician whose response to Michigan’s Right-To-Wok Law was – “Blood will flow in the streets.” Political expediency? Perhaps. (Silence does gives consent to union violence to solidify union votes while pretty words of compassion in Connecticut woo white suburban votes.) I’m too cynical you say? Well, where is your voice condemning the threat of blood flowing in the streets and intimidating a governor by threatening his daughter. I can’t hear you.

Personally, while I DID think the President should acknowledge the tragedy and sympathize with all the sorrow, the fact that he went on and on and brought all the confusion of a Presidential visit to that poor grieving town, was somehow "intrusive" to me.

If I have lost a child or a loved one, I may want my friends and my Minister, but a motormouth politician from ANY party can just stay away.

I will admit my distaste for the President makes me a biased observer, and I will give him the benefit of the doubt only because who the heck would know WHAT to do in such a horrible situation. With that said...going on for a long time seems selfish and NOT respectful of the gravity of the sorrow in that community. It´s NOT about Barack !

Well, if Zippy the Marxst is so Lincolnesque, maybe we´ll see the completion of the rest of the comparison before too long. Do us all a favor.

Get a grip. We lost children and the sickening sycophants are busy polishing Obama´s historical legacy.

Minor detail: Lincoln wrote the Gettysburg Address himself. Obama can barely write his own name without a speechwriter to help.

obama is no Lincoln. This should not be compared to the Gettysburg Address/Civil War. It awful situation is not about obama as much as he and the media would wish it to be so.

Puke.

Move over, Abe Lincoln and Gettysburg, Obama reportedly (too many times) wrote his own speech - who would have thunk it?.

Did he write it on an envelope in Marine One while flying to Connecticut? Will future students have to memorize Obama´s Sandy Hook Address?

pResident Obama has done nothing but lie and lie some more since he first came on the scene at the demo convention. He has not earned any one´s trust in even the most trivial matters.

Call me cynical, or whatever you like, but I do not believe for one minute the tear in the eye or the pause for composure - all in the script.

I will throw down the gauntlet! Obama, if you want to be considered sincerely concerned about the welfare of Sandy Hook´s precious children, call off your 4 million dollar (re Huffington Post) Christmas trip to Hawaii and donate the money to start a fund to raze the school involved and build a new one for all those traumatized children.

Two things to consider: One, it´s not your money to start with, and Two, the Amish in Pennsylvania saw the "rightness" of this and did this quickly and without any goading from anybody.

How about it, Obozo??

Less than five minutes of listening to O last night was all I could take. To me he was insincere and cold with very little emotion (typical)- very obvious he was reading words written by others. I personally don´t think he should have been there; when one of my children died the only people we wanted to be with us were those who loved our family and our minister.

I seriously doubt Lincoln read from his script, but had it memorized.

Obama is no Lincoln.

Obama isnt even obama.

Does anyone (anyone?) remember a word or phrase from Obama´s BIg Race Speech from 2008 or 2009 -- the one Chris Matthews called "a speech for the ages"?

Right. Thought not.

I do a LOT of public speaking. I saw a guy reading his way through a written speech - staring at the words on his podium, then looking up every now and then as he read aloud. Hardly inspiring stuff. Everything was spelled out for him - including the Bible references.

Speaking of Bible quotes: they didn´t really seem to hit the mark. I would have proposed others.

I would rather listen to 30 minutes of my cat hocking up a hairball than 1 minute of o´bozo talking about ANYTHING!!! Just the sound of his voice turns my stomach!!!

I was not impressed with the on going babble full of cliches and bromides. But then I didn´t expect to be.

Gettysburg address? Oh, hell no!

Every time I think, maybe I´m wrong maybe I should give him a chance, he slaps me down with empty rhetoric and specious theories. So sad, I can´t think of another time in my life when true leadership is so needed and so lacking.

Check back in a year to see if anyone remembers a word he said.

I turned on the TV and saw his ugly face. Immediately turned it off. Nothing he could say would make me listen to him.

Rubbish.

(My mantra today.)

Here is the thing about the Gettysburg Address - it would have made much more sense if it had been delivered by Jefferson Davis.

I guess that WaPo is looking for another bail out. They already got one this year, in the form of a grant from the Ford Foundation. You know, where Bambi´s mommy worked? I guess it wasn´t enough, send in the bootlickers!

Anything good playing at Ford´s Theatre?

When we need the wisdom of another Soloman the country votes in ...Sillyman.

This editor proves yet again that the WaPo, ´´Don´t know much about his-to-ry!´´ Thus, it is not a credible news sourse. ...Just another dem media, ´´tool,´´ apparently. sigh

Four putts and seven holes ago....
The more they try to build him up, the smaller he looks.

Well at least he cleaned his mouth before having the picture taken, but the question is did he wear knee pads.