Obama: No Teleprompter, No Clue (Video)

GOP USA ^ | June 7, 2013 | Bobby Eberle

[jmacusa]

I’d love to have Obama and Biden see if they could make a sentence out of these three words: ‘’hare, ‘’hunter’’, field’’.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

My late grandparents took me and my sister to Expo 67. First time on a plane for me and Expo 67 to me seemed the ultimate enchanted kingdom.

And yeah I think all of this comes down to these RATs being liars. I suspect if they were truth tellers then their voices would sound just fine. But your mind associates the sound of the voice with the lying that comes out non-stop and hence the reaction. Put another way I’m not sure that voices are inherently irritating (there are exceptions of course - RFJ Jr. being one that comes immediately to mind) but I think we learn (like Pavlov’s dogs) to associate certain voices with certain content and hence the reaction. That’s my theory, anyway.

[jmacusa]

I respect your theory. But tone of voice, sound, inflection(where there is any) and meter know no political party. It’s just some people have horrible speaking voices and a sensitive ear will pick up on it. People think it’s funny when they see a dog howling along to music. It isn’t for the dog though, it’s very painful and that is what the dog is responding to and painfully. Dogs, cats and other mammals(not us however) hear high and low frequency noise. I tell you, anytime I see on tv some clown doing this to a dog I’d love to say “Hey asshole, how about I tape a trumpet to your ear and let loose on you, would you think that’s funny’’?.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Again speaking personally I can think of all sorts of distinctive speech patterns of people I admire and respect - Jimi Hendrix, Rodney Dangerfield, Ronald Reagan, Rod Serling, Winston Churchill, Janis Joplin - any one which would be, I’m sure grating, if these people were people that had characters like Hussein, Hillary, etc. Again speaking personally I think we see the character of what’s inside and then we graft that onto the speech that we here.

Sure there are exceptions RFK jr. sounds awful no matter what, Barney Frank ditto.

Here’s one that maybe confirms what I’m saying - Have you ever heard Bob Cousy speak - the name that is attached to the award that goes to the best collegiate point guard in the country each year? The joke was that when Cousy was doing color commentary he would say “And that was wick wobey wid da webound” - but Cousy was cool so you just accepted him speech defect and all.

[jmacusa]

Churchill had a good speaking voice but rumor has always abounded he had a stand-in doing his radio broadcasts. RFK was a horrible speaker, shows you how bad a Boston accent could be. Tone of voice alone isn't all there is to it. Good grammar and a good vocabulary are important as well. Two of the finest speakers of the English language in my opinion were the actors Walter Pigeon and Ronald Coleman. I don't know.. for me Serling borders on the monotonic, although his customary diphthong delivery usually pulled him away from being too monotonic. "Standing on the outskirts(inflection up an octave and hold)about to enter(drop and accentuate down/soto voce) The Twilight Zone''.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

I’m actually talking about RFK *JR*. If you listen to this guy it sounds like he’s literally crying all the time - like someone just beat him up and took his lunch money. Apparently this type of voice is traceable to some actual disease or physical defect - not sure which one.

[jmacusa]

Oh yeah, I know who you mean now. Joe Lieberman has the same quavering -sounding voice. Very annoying to have to listen to.

[2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten]

Right.

[jmacusa]

It might be a variation of Tourettes Syndrome for Kennedy and Lieberman. Charles Rangle is another one with a horrible voice. He really bugs me out. I feel like saying “Dude, clear your throat for cryin’ out loud!