Posted on 08/15/2024 10:15:15 AM PDT by simpson96
I never thought I’d be writing this much defending Barack Obama: some things are true about the man despite his abysmal stances on public policy. Obama was a great orator; his communications skills were an asset in winning two national elections. You can still believe this while thinking his domestic agenda, especially on health care, wrecked the country. I say this because now we have some clowns saying that Kamala Harris’ skills in this same area are like that of the former president. I’m no kidding. Molly Jong-Fast decided to test this talking point on MSNBC over the weekend, the only network that would nod at this nonsensical point (via RealClearPolitics):
MOLLY JONG FAST: "I think it is a really good campaign. People really like her. She has gotten to be a really gifted, Obama-level orator. You know, she was very much underestimated by the mainstream media.
Quite frankly, she has command. You hear her up there and she is confident. She is calm. She is commanding.
For whatever reason, America is ready for her, which is very exciting.
I would also say, Trump has been using these same attacks against three different residential candidates. Against Harris, against Biden, and against Hillary. They just don't-- you can do it once or twice, but the third time, it really feels recycled."
How much are they paying Ms. Fast to spew these falsehoods?
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Someone who says, “It’s time for us to do what we have been doing, and that time is every day,” does not possess Obama-like oratory skills.
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The commentator got the notes mixed up Harris has porky pig-like oratory skills.
kamala is the queen of word-salad!
How about when he said, “The cops acted stupidly”? That was off tellmeprompter! He got into a world of trouble and had to have the “Beer Summit” over that stupid off prompter comment. I’ll bet Iranian born Valerie Jarrett berated him for hours for speaking off prompter! Mr. Bobble Head Obama learned how to read a prompter! Just look at how he was mocked at the beginning of his trek to the White Hut! He looked like an idiot bobble head. He knows how to read a script that Valerie wrote for him. Orator? Don’t think so. Valerie and her nasal voice is fingers on a chalkboard. She is in trouble every time she opens her mouth.
Not an orator, but a zero (0) rater.
Her extreme nasal voice is grating.
I never understood the claim that Obama was a great orator.
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I agree.... found it hopelessly grating and in that sense, I’d agree with Matt Vespa that “Harris’ skills in this same area are like that of the former president.”
It’s a tossup in a contest of the person I’d least like to listen to...
Obama didn’t really have Obama-like oratory skills. He was a loser without a prompter and often mispronounced his prompter copy. But Harris is several levels below that.
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