5 Feet of Fury

Mark Steyn, Michael Coren try out for Obama speechwriter job

Mark Steyn writes:

“There are those who say there is no evil in the world. There are others who argue that pink fluffy bunnies are the spawn of Satan and conspiring to overthrow civilization. Let me be clear: I believe people of goodwill on all sides can find common ground between the absurdly implausible caricatures I attribute to them on a daily basis. We must begin by finding the courage to acknowledge the hard truth that I am living testimony to the power of nuance to triumph over hard truth and come to the end of the sentence on a note of sonorous, polysyllabic if somewhat hollow uplift. Pause for applause.”

Meanwhile, here’s Michael Coren’s “audition” piece:

“Stand firm, stand up, stand tall and stand proud Americans. Then sit down, stand up again and hold hands and rock and roll with me as we dance our way to the promised land on that long journey and long day that — and let me make this abundantly clear — I told you would happen. We hold, at this moment, the destiny of our future in the hope of the past and by marching forward as one we will not retreat in that battle for the destiny of the future.”