Saturday, April 04, 2009

"Obama ummed, ahed and waffled . . ."   [Mark Steyn]

It's interesting to see the impact that last week's close-up exposure to "the world's greatest orator" had on even left-wing British newspapers:

We were seeing the same mismatch between the regulatory regimes that were in place and er ... pause [I'VE LOST MY TRAIN OF THOUGHT AGAIN] ... the highly integrated, er, global capital markets that have emerged ... pause [I'M REALLY WINGING IT NOW].... Dealing with the, er, problem of derivatives markets, making sure we have set up systems, er, that can reduce some of the risks there. So, I actually think ... pause [FANTASTIC. I'VE LOST EVERYONE, INCLUDING MYSELF] ... there's enormous consensus that has emerged in terms of what we need to do now and, er ... pause [I'M OUTTA HERE. TIME FOR THE USUAL CLOSING BOLLOCKS] ... I'm a great believer in looking forwards than looking backwards.

It makes an instructive contrast with the hopeychangey sob-sisters of the U.S. media, and one that may not be unrelated to the latter's impending rendezvous with destiny.

04/04 09:48 PMShare