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Obama is a 'bit of a bore'

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  1. carpro

    carpro Well-Known Member
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    http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/iain_martin/blog/2009/04/05/barack_obama_really_does_go_on_a_bit

    Barack Obama really does go on a bit

    Posted By: Iain Martin at Apr 5, 2009

    Isn't it time for him to go home yet? It is good, in theory, that the new President of the United States is taking so much time to tour Europe. He arrived in London last Tuesday, has been to Strasbourg, Prague yesterday and now he's off to Turkey. It shows, I suppose, that he cares about the outside world and that is 'A Good Thing'. But his long stay means that we are hearing rather a lot from him, way too much in fact.

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    Yet, we are told that he is a great orator and in one way he certainly is. He does have a preternatural calm in the spotlight and a mastery of the cadences we associate with the notable speakers in US history - such as JFK and MLK. But beyond that, am I alone in finding him increasingly to be something of a bore?

    His performance at the first press conference in London with Gordon Brown featured moments in which he sparkled - his riff on loving the Queen was a high-point. But most of the serious answers that I listened to were interminable, windy and not very impressive. At points there were pauses so long that it appeared he had simply lost his train of thought.

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    The Obamas have handled their trip well and in their public appearances have been a credit to their country. But I'll wager that within a year or so he'll be marked down as a wind-bag.
     
    #1 carpro, Apr 7, 2009
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    I already marked him down as a wind bag and that was before he was elected, lol. :laugh::laugh::laugh:
     
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    It seems he is more than just a little lost without his teleprompter.

    He's great at delivery, but he has to have someone tell him what to say and the words have to be where he can see them.
     
    #3 carpro, Apr 7, 2009
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    A smart man knows his limitations and is not too proud to use the things it takes to be successful. What you're really upset about is the lack of gaffs... Admit it, that is why you guys pick on his teleprompter, you're like buzzards circling around just wanting on him to make a gaff...
     
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    Lack of gaffs? :laugh:

    Ahh...uhhh...hmmm...silence..........uhhhhh sure.:laugh:
     
    #5 carpro, Apr 7, 2009
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