Has Obama lost his silver tongue?

foreignpolicy.com ^ | March 23, 2010 | Peter Feaver

[sheik yerbouty]

His tongue got stuck..

[Cincinna]

Funny, I thought he spoke with forked tongue.

[Rummyfan]

Meanwhile, the government is so busy giving itself hi-fives over ruining the nation’s healthcare system - and, with it, the economy - that they’ve failed to notice that we are rapidly becoming an international laughing stock; a joke in the realm of world affairs.

Exactly.

[Rummyfan]

If she wasn’t famous and she was instead, an employee of a casino, would she really be the most beautiful woman in the world? In the state? In the casino?

Have never understood the appeal of Roberts. In fact, the last time I saw a mouth like hers, it had a hook in it.

[livius]

There was nothing in his resume that qualified him so his groomers framed him as an orator because that could be easily, subjectively defended (i.e., criticizing his speech would be cast as racism a little more successfully than pointing out he had no resume, experience, character, raw talent etc.)

Good point. I think he's a terrible speaker - he sounds like a badly programmed android, no matter what accent he affects - but the Dems did feel that his color would protect him from criticism in this area.

[vaudine]

Roberts has a big mouth, but she doesn't even come close to the big mouth bass prize. That goes to Susan Estrich, along with the prize for talking nonstop the longest before gasping for breath.

vaudine

[reformedliberal]

For some people, the camera adds beauty that isn’t there is real life. For others, amplification and transmission adds a resonance to their voice that isn’t as marked in other venues.

I think both Roberts and zerO would have faltered in less technological times. In his case, at least, too bad for us that video is our political interface.