I was watching the Obama / Sarkozy concert this morning. Uh, I mean press conference (they’re holding it in a sports stadium for our celebrity prez). Obama really is not the public speaker his followers make him out to be. I think their praise is for what they WANT him to be and not what he IS. He seemed to be talking slower today to remove the “uh’s” but it wasn’t an improvement.
I was curious about “public” speaking last night so I paid close attention to people being interviewed on various news channels. Most people being interviewed are much smoother than Obama. I tried to pay attention to figure out why. Even though these people don’t know the questions coming into the interview they still answer the questions quickly and smoothly. But “why” I wondered. Then I thought “well, they do know their subject matter very well which is an advantage”. That hit me. Does Obama not truly know the subject matter as thoroughly as he should? Is that why he stumbles in press conferences? You don’t see the confident world class orator people claim he is when watching him in a press conference unless you’re already wearing the Obama colored glasses that make him seem Shakespearean.
Friday, April 3, 2009
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