Opinion

It's time for Obama to act presidential

Posted February 21, 2009 10:00 pm

Put away childish things. However much President Barack Obama's adoring mass-media minions may try to convince everyone who hung on every word of Obama's inaugural address - that he meant that it be extremely low-key - we all know that it wasn't intended to be a downer, dull and forgettable as well. I found his address to be a confusing rehash of overused clichés and poor sentence structure after reading it, and a near disaster better suited for a small town campaign stump speech, after initially listening to it. Likewise, I don't believe many Americans wanted to hear any more Bush-bashing on such a historic day. And I think it made our new President appear classless. Enough is enough. Obama is it now, as we used to say in the old neighborhood as childish youngsters. It's time for our new president to take his own advice, and put away all those childish things, and start acting presidential.

P.J. Dalton

Northbrook

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