In the speech, he returned to his recurring theme of "hope" in reference to the perilous state of our economy. He didn't couple his reference to "hope" with its campaign companion, "change." Instead, in this speech, he associated it with "a glimmer." So, now I suppose we have "glimmery hope."
My favorite passage of the speech? It had to be the audacious amnesiac tax reference:
We must restore a sense of fairness and balance to our tax code by shutting down
corporate loopholes and ensuring that everyone pays what they owe.
Is he kidding us? Can you say Timothy Geithner, Nancy Killefer, Tom Daschle, etc., etc., etc.?
The rest of the speech was Johnny Three-Notes: Healthcare reform, blah, blah, blah; Energy policy reform, blah, blah blah; education reform, blah, blah, blah. It came off just like The Bard and Mr. Faulkner phrased it: a lot of sound and fury, signifying nothing.
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