If you did not listen to the words the speech would have had a rather nice flow in the cadence enhanced by a pleasing and excessively flowery verbiage.  However, when one listens to the words spoken it is possible to hear incorrect and conflicting information.  For those who adore him, it was probably a pain to have his speech interrupted so many times but for the rest of us the applause provided those moments we needed to stay connected to reality.  I was grateful that he credited the military for their part in our being a free nation.  But will he put money into the military when we have to cut something or will it still be the place he goes to cut benefits. The President was so disconnected with reality that it was as if he where on speaker phone with no one listening while the world sighed and continued to whirl by. I guess you could say that I felt it was the best he and his speech writers could do as he has had little success in helping our nation gain jobs, defend our nation, and reduce spending in the Federal Government.