Posted on 04/29/2009 9:09:23 AM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
From the start, the orator who had reached the White House based in no small part on his eloquence made it clear that he would not necessarily be delivering the same soaring stuff as he did in his campaign.
"What is required of us now is a new era of responsibility," Barack Obama said in a conspicuously earthbound inaugural address. "A recognition, on the part of every American, that we have duties . . . that we do not grudgingly accept but rather seize gladly, firm in the knowledge that there is nothing so satisfying to the spirit, so defining of our character than giving our all to a difficult task."
But President Obama's turn of the dial did not mean he would relinquish the powers of rhetoric. Far from it. His first 100 days have been marked by the omnipresence of Obama the communicator -- in speeches, news conferences, stump appearances, weekly YouTube addresses and even late-night TV.
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He has a “gift”...isn’t that right?
He raises and lowers his voice to make a point. That’s something that’s learned in the debate teams.
B.F.D.
Roger Daltrey and Freddie Mercury have/had great voices, too.
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