He is formidable exactly for the reason you stated: vacuous, yes. But, instead of seeing it hot air, look at it as inspirational (Much like Kennedy was against the Washington insider Nixon).
I agree with you: it’s an empty suit standing there. But, don’t underestimate the electorates ability to be swayed by empty rhetoric.
That’s why he creeps me out. I’ve been saying all along I can’t trust the security and prosperity of this country to a guy with the vacuous expression of a Cabbage Patch doll, and I MEAN that.
Bama does not hate America like the Rat Old Guard. Harpy and the Dem Establishment dispises this Country, so he is a step in the right direction.
When you have no ideas, flowery speeches work just fine.
Pray for W and Our Troops
Outside of JFK’s dad “buying” the election in West Virginia, nearly every one of JFK’s election speeches hit on the “missile gap” between the USA and the CCCP, re-enforcing the image of Nixon as the shady character of the televised debate,
add to that Ike’s refusal to endorse his own two term vice president.