Posted on 05/09/2012 6:34:51 AM PDT by ConservativeStatement
You have captured the "mystery force" that was probably worth 10 million votes to Obama in 2008.
For the most part, those particular votes won't be there in 2012.
Not only that, but he's always talking down to his audience, like he's the great Swami or something.
In the same vein, I've never understood the argument that he's likeable. He's the most unlikeable POS I've ever seen in high office.
I think that it might have Rush who said that he never heard anyone talk so much and not actually say anything.
I used to teach public speaking skills to business executives and I would interrupt them, asking them to explain what they were talking about. Many of them were just reading what was in front of them without any understanding. That is the case with Zero. He is a parrot, nothing more. He has no comprehension of his words.
His speaking skills were always overrated. When he was running his speeches consisted mostly of inflated promises to a long list of special interest groups. I was not in any of the groups, so I was never particularly impressed. Maybe if he had promised a Federal government program to clean our my garage and wash my car he would have had my vote.
The problem he has now is that he stiffed his constituency on the silly promises he made during his last campaign so even the leftist do not believe him this time.
Obama’s media witch spell of the last election has been broken.
I never did see what all the fuss was all about regarding Obama's speaking ability. Maybe it was the Greek Styrofoam columns and the fainting women planted in the audience that drove the myth.
That great voice has way too many ssssses on the esses. Terrible speaking voice because he is not speaking to me or anyone else here on FR.
I guess he sounds great to the people he is speaking to.
Even with a MAC You should be able to get Google Chrome. Try It I don’t have any trouble. I did with Microsoft IE.
I guess his Teleprompter has gotten discouraged. Maybe it found out that it will have to pay out the a$$ for Obamacare.
Okay.
pssssstttttt!!!! He never had it, he could just read off a teleprompter.
pssssstttttt!!!! He never had it, he could just read off a teleprompter.
I cannot imagine Abraham Lincoln ever uttering words like “We are the ones we’ve been waiting for” or having the nerve to stand with Greek columns to make himself look like some kind of god.
Michelle thinks he is America’s savior but Obama and Michelles opinion of Obama is vastly different than mine
You're right.
It seems his air of confidence arises from his ability not to listen to what an opponent says, but simply identify the theme and regurgitate stock replies.
Two things are lacking in his current appearances:
He doesn't take the time to prepare-- I've always wondered about his disappearances prior to major addresses, sometimes for several days, then emerging on some podium somewhere to deliver what MSNBC would hail as one of the greatest speeches of all time.
The second thing: his writers are mediocre, compared to the one he had in '08, and Rahm Emanual is no longer with him. Rahm is a scumbag, but he's shrewd-- perhaps the real power behind him in '08.
Sounds like a good book to read next.
The headline of this thread makes me smile.
Just sayin’....
I didn’t think of Emanuel. He lost Axelrod, too.
But what impressed me the most about his debate performance was that it required a sustained effort to listen to what he was actually saying, versus thinking, “he sounds like he knows what he’s talking about... What did he just say?”
He never stumbled, and the blather flowed effortlessly.
He seems to slip whenever he answers direct questions, rather than when he speaks extemporaneously. He covers this weakness by filibustering.
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