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Was Obama Really Ever A Great Orator?
The Aged P.com ^ | 08/09/12 | The Aged P

Posted on 09/08/2012 6:57:12 AM PDT by sussex

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To: sheana

“That sing song, as you call it, is the same cadence a preacher uses.”

Not ALL preachers use that con-man cadence. It’s the signature of televangelists and similar. A good preacher would never go into that be-bop mode. As a P.K., I’ve heard thousands (millions?) of sermons in my 63 years. A credible preacher uses a normal voice.


61 posted on 09/08/2012 8:43:26 AM PDT by MayflowerMadam
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To: Bryanw92

Is it his oratory or his persona they’re responding to?

I think it might be at least as much the latter.


62 posted on 09/08/2012 8:54:04 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: sussex

Nope.


63 posted on 09/08/2012 9:03:19 AM PDT by freedom_is_earned
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To: shoff

Obama’s skill in speaking is his ability to use a lot of words to say nothing. Those listening in the crowd only hear the words that agree with what they want to hear.


Agree. He speaks quickly, and most of the time doesn’t look right at the audience, so what they are left with is picking out buzz words.

Also, he likes that rouse them finish, which is nothing more than raising the tone, and hyping the few catch lines.

Subconsciously I think the audience gets charged up as they know its coming to an end and they have had enough.


64 posted on 09/08/2012 9:07:10 AM PDT by patriotspride
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To: ArrogantBustard

Dallas Cowboys


Watch it now :) :) :)


65 posted on 09/08/2012 9:08:36 AM PDT by patriotspride
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To: sussex

Waaaa waaaa waaaa waaa waaaa wuh. Waaaa waaaa WAAAH waaah waaah wuh. Waaaa waaaa waaa wuh.

Obama is just a cadence, a hokey stereotypical cadence.


66 posted on 09/08/2012 9:10:50 AM PDT by Yaelle
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To: RatRipper

LIES do not persuade, they fraudulently influence opinions until the truth is known.


Wow, you just made a genius quote.


67 posted on 09/08/2012 9:13:07 AM PDT by Yaelle
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To: TomGuy

Exactly!!!

He’s a pretty good ‘reader’ as long as he has his teleprompter. With that, he can do the ‘black preacher’ thang and rally those who aren’t hearing what he’s REALLY saying.

Without the teleprompter, he’s like a 15 yr. old boy trying to argue with his parents why he should be allowed to stay out past midnight because Jimmy’s parents let HIM stay out past midnight. He’s VERY childish when they are HIS own words.


68 posted on 09/08/2012 9:16:37 AM PDT by joethedrummer
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To: Starboard
"Obama is simply an elitist who preached and pontificated. He talks down to people."

Zer0 is a millionaire and billionaire who's not paying his fair share, but is working on moving into his new $35 million Hawaiian compound.

69 posted on 09/08/2012 9:17:07 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: sussex

Obama is strictly jive time, with slightly better grammar than the usual shuck n’ jive crowd, half the sincerity, and twice the hate. Had he not been a druggie, flunked out of Occidental, arranged fake credentials at Columbia, worked hard at Harvard to be something other than a fraud, Obama might have an intellectual spark worth paying attention too, but he doesn’t.


70 posted on 09/08/2012 9:20:16 AM PDT by pallis
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To: Starboard
"Obama is simply an elitist who preached and pontificated. He talks down to people."

Zer0 is a millionaire and billionaire who's not paying his fair share, but is working on moving into his new $35 million Hawaiian compound.

71 posted on 09/08/2012 9:24:11 AM PDT by Paladin2
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To: sussex

I don’t actually consider Obama an ‘orator’ at all.

An orator is distinguished in part by eloquence, and Barry sounds like a bumbling idiot without his teleprompter.


72 posted on 09/08/2012 9:25:29 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: Yaelle

Thank you . . . beginners luck . . . .


73 posted on 09/08/2012 9:30:49 AM PDT by RatRipper (Obama, YOU LIE!!! . . .again and again and again and again, ad infinitum. . . .)
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To: pallis

And only slightly better grammar!


74 posted on 09/08/2012 9:33:39 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: sussex; Elsie
Yes He's the Great Pretender!

This should be his new theme song.

75 posted on 09/08/2012 9:35:31 AM PDT by Utah Binger (Southern Utah where the world comes to see America)
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To: patriotspride
Sing along with me, now:

Hail to the Redskins!
Hail victory ...

Actually, that's a perfect example of a song with a great, catchy melody and utterly inane lyrics.

76 posted on 09/08/2012 9:36:13 AM PDT by ArrogantBustard (Western Civilization is Aborting, Buggering, and Contracepting itself out of existence.)
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To: Wings-n-Wind

Used your image. Meant to ping you.


77 posted on 09/08/2012 9:38:50 AM PDT by Utah Binger (Southern Utah where the world comes to see America)
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To: sussex

If he were in a Jr. High speech class I would say he does pretty well.


78 posted on 09/08/2012 9:57:12 AM PDT by TigersEye (dishonorabledisclosure.com - OPSEC (give them support))
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To: Pollster1

Great example of his mumbo jumbo speeches. Here is another song that I hereby officially DUB the OBAMA THEME SONG:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1oJuwkXr0E


79 posted on 09/08/2012 10:08:03 AM PDT by annieokie
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To: Utah Binger
haha, you beat me to it. I did not see your post when I posted the same thing, but we both had the perfect THEME SONG for Obama.
80 posted on 09/08/2012 10:26:08 AM PDT by annieokie
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