[cweese]

"The media was falling over themselves to talk about how intelligent he was and he was a great speaker."

I remember that very well. Including the Time (or Newsweek?) cover with a pic of St Obama with a halo over his head. It was indeed tortuous listening to him droning on and on for 8+ years. Glad the SOB is out of the Oval Office.

[woodbutcher1963]

I still remember seeing him addressing a classroom of elementary students using his Teleprompter.

Right after that there were several cartoons depicting him as the Teleprompter of the United States.

Frankly, the only time I ever found Barak Obama to be both knowledgeable and likeable was when he was in the booth with Joe Buck between innings during the World Series. He actually knew baseball and seemed lie a regular guy. This made sense later when it was leaked out that what he liked to do all the time was watch Sportscenter on ESPN.