I could not believe the fuss over the word articulate to me that is a compliment full stop regardless of colour, race, background or educational qualifications.
You can be highly educated but not able to articulate your views why is not someone brave enough to say this.
Sorry I forget its BDS.
Reliable Sources is going to talk about the Astronut, the LIbby Trial and Russert taking the stand, and about Osama Obama. I will report on the LIbby/Russert conversation and see if he brings up the false affidavit. I wonder why he isn't reporting on the WAPOs false story. HA!
I've noticed that Obama speaks slowly and deliberately. That helps him in two ways --
1. he seems to be thinking deeply (rather than just seeming to say what he had already decided, ahead of time, he would say)
2. It makes people hang on his every word.
The issue with Biden's quote was that he implied that any other black candidates for President had not been articulate, nor clean, etc. Here's the actual quote:
"I mean, you got the first mainstream African-American who is articulate and bright and clean and a nice-looking guy," Biden said. "I mean, that's a storybook, man."
If you watch the video (link at the CNN story) he has a distinct pause between "first mainstream African-American" and the beginning of the description of Obama as articulate, etc. He wasn't making an bad comment about earlier black candidates, but complimenting Obama on his "fine qualities." In written form, however, it came out really badly. No amount of explanation was going to correct the impression once the press got hold of that spin and especially once the comedians started in.
I actually took the time to dig into this and watch the video, not just read the quote, after Brit Hume defended Biden forcefully on the Sunday roundtable after it happened. Biden was trying to compliment Obama and it turned into a perceived slam at previous African American candidates for the presidency, probably because Biden isn't very articulate.
My earlier post was a sarcastic shot at the DBM which had bought into and pushed the spin on Biden's comment.
"You can be highly educated but not able to articulate your views ..."
Oh, you can be highly educated, articulate, and charismatic and never really say anything! Does that bring anyone to mind?