[ConservativeStatement]

I'd rather have Bush the Plain than Obama the Fraud. During the 2004 convention, when Obama was praised for his speech, I had a flight to Chicago. I remember three "yoots" at a bar talking about how wonderful Obama spoke. When I inquired, none could recite what he said. Finally, one of the three attempted and I replied "He sounds like any other Democrat." The reply by one babe was "But he's cool. You know he's black, right?" As Tom Daschle would say "Outrageous, outrageous!"

[WellyP]

H was never a great speaker..he was a great READER!

[WellyP]

He was never a great speaker..he was a great READER!

[Mich Patriot]

Great speaker my arse. That is all.

[treetopsandroofs]

What “speaking prowess”?

Never had it, never will.

[IronJack]

You’ve pointed out a key flaw in the liberal marketing scheme: it’s all about style, not substance.

The Left is very good at packaging manure. The problem is, sooner or later someone opens the package.

[DeaconRed]

MOJO? WHAT DAMN MOJO?
The crook never had MoJo.

His days are numbered. . . . . . . .

[Kenny Bunk]

This "Obama The Orator" crapola is truly the stuff of Urban Legend.

The man is a fair teleprompter reader ... not great. He shifts eye contact from one teleprompter to another, giving him a rather reptilian look on TV, swiveling back and forth, he rarely looks the camera "in the eye." I just don't get it, I guess .... because when he speaks, I itch.

Without prepared material to read, he is an unmitigated disaster.

[Freestate316]

Lost his speaking mojo? Call a corpseman! Um...er...uhh...umm...”let me make this perfectly clear...it’s Bush’s fault!” Either that, or TOTUS is broken.

[kosciusko51]

I can't stand listening to the man. He speaks way too slow, with way too many affectations, that is like someone is drilling into my head right through my ear canal.

Also, Glenn Beck pointed out that when 0 stutters, he is about to tell a lie. That is true, since everything he says is a lie. I think when he stutters, it is a lie that he doesn't want to say for fear of offending his base or his own sensibilities.

[Ditter]

When a female M.D. a partner of my doctor tried to explain why obozo was good all she could say was “he's better than the last 8 years”. I made up my mind that if my doctor was unavailable there was no way I would go to her.

[Sal]

LOL. I remember one friend (absolutely NOT a dummy) who was very impressed by Obama right after one of his early speeches and before we knew about Rev Wright and Joe the Plumber.

I said, “Next time he gives an impressive speech, write down the three best points he made and see if you can remember anything of substance that he said.”

It worked. My friend realized he was hearing well written (by someone else) platitudes with NO substance.

[Proud2BeRight]

Did TOTUS quit?

[ßuddaßudd]

F U B O

[Baynative]

May the 'made for television' president have his show cancelled this fall. As he becomes more agitated over his shortcomings being exposed he will anger inside and begin to lose his media contrived 'coolness'.

Looking at what little history is available about him, it is apparent that he has simply talked his way through life and not been much of a performer. His successes are non existent shallow appeasements in the way of paybacks or promotional stunts; like the Nobel Peace Prize.

Even the excerpts I've seen from his books that I would never buy, he makes no mention of actually doing anything significant or building any thing that lasted or had a positive outcome.

[Sirius Lee]

Ummmm...uhhh... scratch scratch....ummm....

[OriginalChristian]

I don’t honestly know how he can be taken as a serious or anywhere near eloquent speaker when he whistles his ‘S’ almost every time. Also, he clips his phrasing and words, which severely limits his ability to emphasize points. He doesn’t speak with strength, he speaks with volume, which is quickly forgotten. Anybody can yell...

[thethirddegree]

Take away the teleprompters and old purple lips couldn’t string two sentences together.

[bigbob]

“Uhh.....emm.....that is....uh....if you buy into the uhh....myth...that he...uh...ever..had..it....”

Not stand back and gimme some air, get some water down here, I feel faint...

[Fresh Wind]

Obama has a “Negro dialect” when he wants to (according to Harry Reid). If you notice, when he gets a crowd fired up, he’s always slips into that dialect.

That seems to be a big part of this myth that he’s a great orator.

[pabianice]

Glenn beck nailed it recently. He highlighted Obama’s fake breathlessness and his snarly look as he speaks. Everyone in the studio and in my car was laughing out loud.