Whether Obama's skill or just that of a speech writer, his prepared words have the skillful effect of feeling right to everyone. Individuals with vastly different views on a topic will both walk away thinking that Obama has just agreed with them.

What is the content when the verbal skill is saying two things at once?

"The danger I think is when the United States or any country thinks that we can simply impose these values on another country with a different history and a different culture...

Democracy, rule of law, freedom of speech, freedom of religion -- those are not simply principles of the West to be hoisted on these countries, but rather what I believe to be universal principles that they can embrace and affirm as part of their national identity...

Because part of what we want to affirm to the world is that these are values that are important even when it's hard, even especially when it's hard, and not just when it's easy."

Questions I'd love to have your comments on:

1. I'm having a hard time finding a transcript of the whole speech, but from what we know... what did he actually say?

1. It's wrong for America to try to spread it's values
2. It's right for America to try to spread it's values
3. It's wrong for America to impose values except for the ones I think should be spread

2. Who disagrees with him? Bush the hated was only attempting to spread the values that Obama just said should be spread.

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