“Sen. Daniel Inouye was a War hero who spent his entire life serving his
country. Yet, when President Barack Obama delivered his eulogy for Inouye at
the National Cathedral in Washington DC, it seemed he was talking more about
himself than about the late Senator. In his address, Obama used the word ‘me’ 12
times; ‘my’ 21 times and ‘I’ 30 times. All toll, in a speech of only 1,600
words, Obama managed to refer to himself 60 times.
I
took speech class in high school and we had to prepare and deliver a eulogy. We
were taught that a eulogy is a speech that praises the deceased person you are
talking about. It’s not about you or anyone else. It’s about the dearly
departed.
But
just like his Thanksgiving Day address, or Veteran’s Day address or every other
time the President has spoken lately, it’s all about him and how wonderful and
great he is. Election season is over and he no longer needs to keep trying to
sell himself to the nation.
If
I was a member of the Inouye family, I would be irate and incensed about
Obama’s self-centered eulogy. It was definitely inappropriate, unprofessional
and uncaring. But what do you expect from our self-proclaimed tyrant?”
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