Obama's Rhetoric

Obama's inauguration speech was a much anticipated event. Everyone was excited to hear what the great new President would say to his country. However, according to Michael Gerson, Obama's speech was "rhetorically flat." This surprised me because Obama has many controversial policies, so I assumed that a Christian would be quick to critique his beliefs, not his rhetoric. Gerson seems to represent many of the "religious" population of the country who disapprove of Obama, because he is looking for something to criticize. "If we can't find anything wrong with his beliefs, let's attack his delivery!"

Obviously, the President's rhetoric in his speeches are important. He represents our country, and he is the person that we will look to in times of trouble. I understand the need to analyze, and there is nothing wrong with being analytical. However, many people in America (and everywhere) do not figure things out for themselves. They read things from "experts" and then make those things their opinions. Therefore, I find it wrong for a Christian "expert" to do an interview about the errors in the President's speech. I can just see Christians who are looking for things to hate about Obama saying "Oh my goodness, the man cannot even give a speech correctly. I knew McCain should have won!" He did say that Obama's speech was not horrible, but not amazing. Obama's rhetoric was probably better than most of the country's, and his speeches are definitely a step up from Bush's.