Politico's Roger Simon: 'Obama's The Greatest Orator Of Modern Times'
Politico's Roger Simon said Sunday Barack Obama is the greatest orator of modern times.
Chatting with Howard Kurtz on CNN's "Reliable Sources," Simon also said journalists are just now looking beyond the President's speaking skills and analyzing what he's actually saying (video follows with transcript and commentary):
HOWARD KURTZ, HOST: So is the press starting to sour on the stalemate in Libya?
Joining us now here in Washington, Roger Simon, chief political columnist for Politico; Dana Milbank, columnist for "The Washington Post," and in San Francisco, Debra Saunders, a columnist for "The San Francisco Chronicle."
Roger Simon, are the journalists and the anchors we just saw now aggressively challenging and acting openly skeptical about the Obama policy in Libya?
ROGER SIMON, CHIEF POLITICAL COLUMNIST, POLITICO: Yes, and that's a good thing. We're supposed to be openly skeptical.
The bloom isn't entirely off the rose between Obama and the press, but reporters are starting to concentrate more than ever on what he says rather than how he says it. We will stipulate that he's the greatest orator of modern times, but now we're looking beyond that in every speech for what he's actually telling us.
"We will stipulate that he's the greatest orator of modern times..."
Really? Better than Martin Luther King, Ronald Reagan, John F. Kennedy, and Franklin Delano Roosevelt?
"...but now we're looking beyond that in every speech for what he's actually telling us."
"We're" just starting to do that now? Shouldn't that have begun in February 2007 when the junior senator from Illinois first threw his hat in the presidential ring?
Obama's been president for 26 months in the midst of what many claim was the worst recession since the depression and journalists are just now getting beyond his oratory to actually analyze what the most powerful man in the world is saying.
Gives you a warm and fuzzy feeling, doesn't it?
Of course this isn't at all surprising for if they had done that 48 months ago, Obama would never have become the Democrat nominee let alone America's chief executive.
As such, the only things shocking in Simon's revelation was that these shills have actually started doing their jobs as it pertains to the object of their affection and someone on the left finally admitted what most of us on the right have known for years.
I'd give kudos to Simon for his honesty but it wouldn't be in order given its tardiness.
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Please
Submitted by grammajane on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 4:17pm.
What isn't he great at, accord;ing to the media?? 'I have just traveled the 57 states and have 2 more to go"
Oratory skills
Submitted by kiwikit on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 6:31pm.
Obama certainly has the most sibilant 's' if that's the criteria. The last great orator that everyone ballyhooed
was, I hate to say it, Hitler. Oratory skills mean one is a great salesman, not that he's a competent leader.
Germany was the most educated
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 7:19pm.
Germany was the most educated and "high-tech" innovative cultures at the time of Hitler. A good education does not exclude being duped when the MEDIA is in on it! That is 100% our problem here. The media. If O had to stand on his own, he would have never been elected. The real crime is with the complicit lap dog media. Leading the cattle to either welfare enslavement or death.
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
Media Complicity
Submitted by libBuster on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 7:42pm.
The media's portrayal of Obama as a near god like figure was instrumental in his election. It was a stunning abrogation of professinal responsibility, and a costly one.
As for great orarators, let's not forget Jerry Falwell, Jimmy Swagert and a host of other people that the left will revile.
Whistle while you work
Submitted by newsmoiker on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 11:18pm.
Obama's whistling is so distracting.
Does he have a hillbilly background?
I'd like to buy a vowel
Submitted by MadRat on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 11:06pm.
I would have added Winston Churchill to the list of great orators but it's no big deal. Obama is kind of the Vanna White or oratory: he's well dressed, he looks good, he's got a great smile but as long as the teleprompter is working, anyone could do his job.
Obama has a great grin---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 12:03am.
but so does, for that matter, a crocodile.
MD
This Is MSM Jargon For . . . .
Submitted by Bourbeau on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 4:27pm.
This is MSM jargon for "We got snookered"! And that, is a gross understatement. Their collective failure to vent this "Rope a Dope" artist is an egregious failure of the hightest order. There's barely a person he's appointed, or a program he's proposed, that they've allowed themselves to delve into at any level of detail behind the headlines, and the country is worse off for it. To think that Susan Powers was a key proponent of this Libyan action has to leave heads shaking in Foggy Bottom, and shake they should. This President had perfected the art of lying; saying all about everything and nothing about anything. And we wonder why this country is so screwed up.
I don't think it's so much
Submitted by Slyrr on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 6:51pm.
I don't think it's so much that Obama has 'perfected' the art of lying. In fact, he's a very bungling and incompetent liar. Everyone sees right through him and knows that everything he says is a lie or a half-truth.
It's just that, more than ANY Democrat president in modern times, this particular liar has the ENTIRE mainstream media firmly under his boot. NONE of them are questioning him. Anything he says is 'golden' to them. They never investigate his statements. They never vet any of his cabinet picks. They never go over his past actions to reveal his false promises, his failed policies or his disastrous decisions. If the media were doing any of this in an even half-handed sort of way, Obama would look like exactly what he is - the worst President in modern history. Even partly rigorous questioning flusters him and he starts waffling, weaving and stammering like a fool. Then he quickly starts filibustering whoever is interviewing him to baffle them with bull. And of course his stooges in the media let him do it eagerly so he can cover up his incompetence.
This is just one example. As Obama launches his 2012 campaign, the media is right there cheerleading for him, covering up his gaffes, hiding his failures, excusing his lies and hypocrisy. They don't even need to coordinate - they all have already covenanted to lie their heads off to portray his first 2 years as a gift from the Gods themselves.
This guy and David Brooks should get together so they can talk about how much they love looking at Obama's pants, and discuss how the crease of his slacks qualifies him to be King of the Universe while Matthews stands behind them screaming about how Obama gives him thrills in his pants.
100% agree slyrr. Great
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 7:30pm.
100% agree slyrr. Great post. REPs need to pound the media and DEMs with the facts about the ones provable lies 24/7. This will need to be done till the media starts to crack and start covering his screw ups. At some point they will eat their own. The argument must be forcefully compelling with facts and logic. All peoples must be made to understand that REPs have the true best interest at heart because their plan actual works and that it is based on what our founders set up.
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
I hope I am not acting stupidly........................
Submitted by Tomorama on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 4:33pm.
Take away the coward's binkyprompter and he uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh isn't really so hot of an "orator".
I speak in front of people as part of my job and though I loathe doing it as the Q and A after from the groups are killer if someone lobs you a question that you uh, uh, uh, uh, uh don't know the answer too.
I learned long ago, DON'T try to baffle them with bullshit IF you don't know, simply take the name and after research, get back to them.
Oblunder knows NOTHING so the baffle them with bullshit applies here as it has for 4 years, problem is, the press has ALWAYS been willing participants.
We are NOW starting to look at what he says, R U FN kidding me?
Yes Obama’s skill lies in
Submitted by Reaver on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 4:48pm.
Yes Obama’s skill lies in reading a pre-written speech that he has had time to rehearse at least once, he is incapable of thinking on his feet. That is why he avoids press conferences like the plague and his fanboys in the teen beat media don’t criticize him for it
Agree! Reading a prepared
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 5:29pm.
Agree! Reading a prepared statement, that he likely had little to do with, hardly qualifies as a great orator.
Conservative radio guys do a great job orating w/o a teleprompter and reply on the fly to all the callers. That requires A) more intelligence, B) way more knowledge, C) And much more orator skills. When will the lies stop? it is coming out all sides of the left.
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
A Great Orator does not read a teleprompter
Submitted by Red Jeep on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 10:34pm.
I saw video of him somewhere and instead of teleprompters they had huge screens in the back of the room with his words.
I'm interpreting that statement to mean
Submitted by PJRyan on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 4:35pm.
"We're finally starting to realize that he's all flash and no subtance".
Or, to use the words of one of the many, modern-day orators superior to BO, they're starting to judge him "by the content of (his) character". Or, lack thereof.
Sadly, the MSM will never acknowledge Marco Rubio's wonderful acceptance speech. And, unlike BO, he still has the opportunity to hold true to his words.
Benjamin Franklin must have
Submitted by ricklail on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 4:36pm.
Benjamin Franklin must have known the Ice Cream Emperor was going to come along when he said " Here comes the orator! with his flood of words, and his drop of reason."
for a 21-month campaign period, yes
Submitted by mom_rox on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 5:15pm.
His oratory skills (yes, we can) convinced 52.9% of the voters to vote for him. But since then? He had a Democratic-controlled Congress, so those skills were not a factor. But, alas, his "oratory skills" could not prevent a Republican resurgence in the 2010 national, state and local elections.
I personally cannot stand the
Submitted by Reaver on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 4:39pm.
I personally cannot stand the way Obama delivers a speech. There’s the flat monotone delivery, the constant head turning and that tilted looking down his nose angle. Whenever I hear him going for his big oratory with full reverb effect I start looking for the exit.
does anyone else hear this?
Submitted by mom_rox on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 5:20pm.
My pet peeve is that Pres. Obama will, for lack of a better descriptor, whistle the letter 's'. Does anyone else hear this, or do I need a hearing test?
so does his wife
Submitted by ripper58 on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 5:54pm.
there is a commercial (which I loathe) where she whistles her "S" s too
I hear it and just want to puke
Submitted by newsmoiker on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 11:10pm.
Is this President a whistle dick!!
Don't forget the finger wagging
Submitted by Mary Louise Turner on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 6:01pm.
Don't forget that Ears treats his "subjects" as though they were idiots in his speeches. Note the constant finger wagging the next time you watch him. That really drives me crazy!
Yes -
Submitted by Fenwick on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 7:24am.
Obama is, and always has been, a humorless scold. I long ago grew weary of it and, if he's re-elected, the mute button on my remote will be completely worn down before he's half way through his second term.
On a similar note, Al Gore seemed to follow the "school teacher" speaking style also. During the 2000 presidential race it took me a while to discern what was so irritating about his speeches.
To me, Obama perpetually
Submitted by Slyrr on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 6:59pm.
To me, Obama perpetually sounds like an arragant, condescending teacher acting as if he's lecturing a bunch of dim-witted kids. Except in this case, the kids understand MORE about the subject than he does and he's desperately trotting out all kinds of useless gobbledygook to try and make as if he hasn't lost his authority.
In Obama's case, he always comes across like he's teaching his class that 1+1=9. And the class is all collectively shaking their heads saying 'No it doesn't!' and he's blustering on and on trying to befuddle them into thinking it does.
He always sounds maddeningly condescending and holier-than-thou. He has an abrupt, fruity, unctious voice that just grates every time I hear it. But what could one expect? The guy spent his formative years in college, hobnobbing with acedemics, each of them convinced in their own mind that they were the smartest person in the room. Professors almost universally talk like that - with a 'Why am I wasting my time with you' attitude. The sooner we broom this guy in 2012 the better.
Your view, but not the view
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 8:51pm.
Your view, but not the view of those who have actually known him.
e.g. Bush appointed Judge Michael McConnell:
In the end, though, Obama's time on the [Harvard Law] Review mirrored other aspects of his life. Even in the staunchly liberal milieus in which he has spent his entire adult life, Obama has managed to lead without leaving a clear ideological stamp, and to respect — and even, at times, to embrace — opposing views. To his critics, that's a sign of a lack of core beliefs. To his admirers, it's the root of his appeal. [my emphasis]
"To understand what someone else is trying to say isn't just an editorial skill," said McConnell. "It's a life skill.”
or conservative classmate Carol Liebau:
He listens. Certainly, Barack is a liberal’s liberal, and his leadership of The Harvard Law Review in many ways reflected that fact. But unlike many of his left-wing compatriots, he treated his ideological adversaries with respect on a personal level. Indeed, he always offered the small conservative contingent on the Review a hearing, even though his decision-making consistently showed that he hadn’t ultimately been influenced by their arguments. [my emphasis]
Jer
LOL
Submitted by SickofLibs on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 9:07pm.
That's all I got.
Good...
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 9:22pm.
Whenever I've had enough of your liberal-skewering clever comment headlines, this will be my go-to post.
Jer
Liberal skewering clever comment headlines---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 12:13am.
at NewsBusters?
You have got to be kidding me!
MD
SoL's liberal-skewering [and consistently clever] comment
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 12:21am.
headlines.
Does the editing help, Matthew?
Jer
Jer---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 12:34am.
would sarc/ have helped? :o)
MD
Matthew..
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 12:41am.
yep. :-)
Jer
Obama has managed to lead
Submitted by Dan The Man 2 on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 12:20am.
Obama has managed to lead without leaving a clear ideological stamp, and to respect — and even, at times, to embrace — opposing views
Yeah right and when has this happened. Was it when he said I won you lost? This throws your idea and the post out teh window ... while it is closed.
Dan...you are more than welcome
Submitted by Jer on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 12:30am.
to post all the comments you can locate from those who have known Obama and/or personally interacted with him and found him to be--in Slyrr's words--arrogant and condescending with a holier-than-thou attitude.
Jer
OK. I will, Jer, and all I
Submitted by stratman on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 1:24am.
OK. I will, Jer, and all I need is the unassailable record of his behaviors.
Your arguments are old and no longer substantive. What has Obama been like the past two years, not the what he may have been like 20 years ago. But you probably already know this.
You disappoint me, strat...
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 04/05/2011 - 3:16am.
In your recent zeal to reflexively challenge and frequently belittle an increasing number of my comments, it appears you are occasionally guilty of simply typing rather than thinking. Your barely relevant response is yet another instance of this surprising trend.
Let's begin with the obvious: I invited Dan to provide statements from those who have known or personally interacted with Obama which complain about his arrogant, condescending, holier than thou attitude.
You reply with a series of proffered "examples" , not a single one of which is a comment, quote, or statement from a person or persons who falls within the terms of my request.
But, with respect to your points:
--I won. Context would be helpful here. It could have been an unnecessarily curt and inhospitable remark, or it may have been intended as a light-hearted quip which merely stated the obvious.
--Police "acted stupidly":. Definitely a stupid reaction by Obama--which I pointed out at the time--and one which I think Obama realized was imprudent as his subsequent actions suggested.
--Criticizing SCOTUS during SOTU address: Again, poor form...which I likewise pointed out at the time.
--What do you mean by "authentic press conference"?
--Meeting with Republicans. Probably not enough, but several times nevertheless. The latest is scheduled for today.
You won't get any argument from me that Obama and his advisors have made quite a few rookie mistakes. His lack of experience has showed and he appears at times to have been poorly served by his staff and Congressional Democratic leaders.
That said, even though his approval ratings have dipped significantly [reflecting dissatisfaction with policies], an overwhelming majority of the American public consider him personally appealing.. And Republican leaders--such as Cantor, Hatch, Alexander, McCain, McConnell--who know him and/or meet with him and who have expressed an opinion may and do disagree vigorously with the President over a range of issues yet still regard him as a very likeable person--not a single word about arrogance or condescension, or "the angry black man" as Limbaugh has described him.
Finally, perhaps you have overlooked the many opinions posted here suggesting that Obama's personality and character flaws are not of recent vintage but have been firmly entrenched for many years. But even if you failed to notice those prior comments, it's shocking that someone as smart as you would miss or ignore the "formative" references in Slyrr's closing paragraph relating to Obama's college years.
After all, it was his post to which my initial reply was addressed. So much for your "no longer substantive" concerns.
Jer
Jer
Submitted by Newsbubba on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 7:39am.
I'd just like to find a "comment" on an actual Birth Certificate that says Barack Hussein Obama was actually born in the USA.
As for the people who knew him, say, before he was 21, they could hold a meeting in a phone booth, if there were still any phone booths!
He MUST be natural born
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Tue, 04/05/2011 - 9:49am.
He MUST be natural born citizen (or citizen at the time of this writing - he was not born at the time of the writing & simple citizen test does not apply to Obama or anyone any longer!), which means you must be born via 2 USA citizens. I was looking at the old censuses from the 1800s and that is one of the questions. People wrote in the year they came or wrote Natural Born Citizen. Now Obama's father is NOT a US citizen right? If so, Obama has a split interest in the US. As in "his" book Dreams of my Father? That is why he hates the "imperialist USA." Because his dad did and that is a fact.
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
He MUST be natural born
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Tue, 04/05/2011 - 9:49am.
He MUST be natural born citizen (or citizen at the time of this writing - he was not born at the time of the writing & simple citizen test does not apply to Obama or anyone any longer!), which means you must be born via 2 USA citizens. I was looking at the old censuses from the 1800s and that is one of the questions. People wrote in the year they came or wrote Natural Born Citizen. Now Obama's father is NOT a US citizen right? If so, Obama has a split interest in the US. As in "his" book Dreams of my Father? That is why he hates the "imperialist USA." Because his dad did and that is a fact.
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
MaxBrave...
Submitted by Jer on Tue, 04/05/2011 - 11:54am.
Posting it twice doesn't make a flawed argument any more persuasive. :-)
That's just simply not the law--now or ever. You will not find a single SC case directly holding such requirements to be preconditions for presidential eligibility. Maybe some day there will be a definitive ruling supporting your position. But currently the weight of legal authority is against you.
Jer
How about one post for each
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Tue, 04/05/2011 - 4:16pm.
How about one post for each eye & for each side of the brain. It is like 2 shots of vodka vs. 1.
I pressed the save & nothing happened. Pressed it again & viola! Two posts. I hope the legal side changes because the way I read it, that was their clear meaning. IMO for very good reason.
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
Another moron grovels for the
Submitted by LAM SON 719 on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 4:45pm.
Another moron grovels for the master. The desperation of the left is amazing. BTW, Last week wasn't Bill Clinton the greatest orator/statement of all time?
Der Schlickmeister is quite
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 5:04pm.
Der Schlickmeister is quite often full of crap, and about 95% of the time I don't agree with him, but he CAN speak 'off the cuff' quite well, and be somewhat interesting when he is doing it. Boy Blunder has got to be one of the most tedious, torturous, boring orators I've ever heard - either with or without his trusty teleprompter............and we all know how he does when he has to speak 'off the cuff'..........with his phony-ass accents and his stammering and stuttering and ooohing and ahhing. I can't take listening to the guy - even if he was giving a surf report here on a local TV station - I'd probably change channels!!!
Right...And my farts smell
Submitted by the struggler on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 4:46pm.
Right...And my farts smell like Petunias.
Really?
Submitted by ConservaSerb on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 6:49pm.
ROTFL. See, I always thought mine smelled like red roses!
A wise & frugal government, which shall leave men free 2 regulate their own pursuits of industry & improvement, & shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government. T. Jefferson
O. M. G.
Submitted by ThisnThat on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 5:02pm.
Please cite one single instance where the press is "starting to concentrate more than ever on what he says rather than how he says it". All I hear are accolades, apologies, excuses, and "blame it on the Tea Party". Pu-lease!!
__________
“Didn't win the Medal of Honor? Didn't even serve? Then lie about it. We'll support you." — 9th Circuit Court
Orator
Submitted by driguana on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 5:06pm.
It's a very sad state of affairs when so many have drifted so far from reality...
The Voice of a Nation
Submitted by Henry Clay on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 5:08pm.
Are we not blessed to have a leader that can articulate this majestic Republic’s emotions the way Obama does? Yes, as a motivational speaker he is by far one of the best. Rivaling Reagan and surpassing FDR. With his words as a saber and his strong baritone as a warm blanket comforting this nation through some of the harshest economic winters generations have seen; he has risen to the occasion as few could. I say bravo Mr. President on your oratory!
Cursed is more like it.
Submitted by Blonde on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 5:16pm.
You and Obama are two little peas in a pod, though, Henry.
You blather and blather and TRY to use big words (often incorrectly)....and in the end, manage to lie and say nothing while wasting time, energy, and bandwidth.
I preferred SNL's Master Thespian to both you and Der Chairman.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Henry, Henry, Henry!
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 5:40pm.
You need to study some of the great masters of oratory bull shiite before you praise this "pretender."
Adolph Hitler moved a nation to war and damn near conquered the world based on his oratory skills. Like Oblahblah, the world is damned lucky that his military skills weren't as great as his bull shiite skills or we'd all be listening to Bambi in German today. By the way how do you say ah ... ah ... ah ... in German?
Then there is the Western Hemisphere master of blather, FI-del Castro hisself! That boy can talk about absolutely nothing for literally hours on end and keep the ignorant masses enthralled! Bambi should take lessons from him. I mean Bambi is excellent at bull shiite, but he just doesn't have the stamina of Fidel. No teleprompter for Fidel, either!
Most of the "great orators" of the world who say absolutely nothing, but say it soooooo well, seem to be commies and Fascists. I think that's because the people who admire and listen to their crap are liberal pussies who haven't had an original thought since kindergarten. That pretty well covers the press corps of the MSM, don't you think.
I'm going to wrap up now, Henry, before you start thinking of me as a commie/Fascist bull shiite artist.
Hey bubba - maybe ol' Henry
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 6:12pm.
Hey bubba - maybe ol' Henry is just putting us on??? His comment was waaaaay to slick to be serious...........but if he IS serious, then the guy's got some delusional problems!!! I mean, when he said 'leader' and 'majestic Republic' in the same sentance - then I HAD to start thinking it was a put-on............because everybody knows that our 'leader' does NOT consider the 'evil USA' to be a 'majestic Republic' - although he sure views himself as 'majestic'!!!
You may be right, Killa.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 6:45pm.
Of course, being a "majestic Republic" to a liberal probably means that we are becoming the biggest ass kisser nation on earth, which is our "majestic" and proper role.
You gotta admit, Killa, that NOBODY bows and scraps to other world heads of state better than our boy president. His form is truly "majestic" as he bows low to kiss their rings.
You enjoy the "western paradise."
Henry
Submitted by bkeyser on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 6:26pm.
You, uh, got a little something on your nose there.
Troll bait.
Submitted by lsudolemite on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 6:57pm.
Troll bait.
What a load of BS
Submitted by Unsane on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 1:59pm.
If He is such a great orator, please explain why He manages to do everything I was ever taught NOT to do, over and over and over again, when giving speeches.
I have never heard a great orator use "um" and "uh" as much as He does.
"CONSUMED DEMOCRACY RETURNS A SOCIALIST REGIME" - Slayer, "Fictional Reality", from Divine Intervention (1994)
Didnt Susan Powers once say,
Submitted by brutony1 on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 5:09pm.
STOP THE INSANITY?" Well, when will they? Obowmah is the greatest orator for sure, cause hes been giving us oral for about 3 years now!
When will liberals WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE! -Me
Um, it was susan Powter, a weight loss guru
Submitted by Blonde on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 5:13pm.
But the basic sentiment still applies.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Oh, I thought it was similiar!
Submitted by brutony1 on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 5:52pm.
I wish we had Powter instead of Powers-shed be a better "orator!"
When will liberals WAKE UP AND SMELL THE COFFEE! -Me
You know,
Submitted by Ashrak on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 5:12pm.
Obama really is the greatest orator of lies ever.
What has begun is a realization that supporting 0bama the way they have is finally becoming enough of an embarrassment that they figure their profession itself is on the line.
They can no longer deny the drops in subscriptions to their publications. They can no longer deny the comparisons of their own words.
I am waiting for 0bama to play the reverse psychology card. I can see him coming out and acting way conservative and saying his whole set of antics up until now was designed to unite the American people with focus on the foolishness that government itself has come to. I can see him orating himself as a leader of the TEA party and media carrying that water for him to boot.
Stinging indictment
Submitted by Cool Arrow on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 5:14pm.
When the Press can't get over the delivery sufficiently to report what is said.
For instance, when the candidate says “The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation”, what he really means is "NO" means "Yes"
Took the Press over 2 years to figure what Barry Baboso meant by that one.
:oD
Submitted by merly1 on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 5:23pm.
Everytime I listen, he is stammering, hemming/ahh'ing.........Personally, I think he is on a par with W.
More proof, of a media truly gone insane.
Actually, I think W wasn't
Submitted by killa37 on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 5:33pm.
Actually, I think W wasn't too bad 'off the cuff'............but he couldn't read a teleprompter without looking like a deer in the headlights. Boy Blunder can read a teleprompter, but he's torture otherwise. Actually, he's torture all the time!!!
Kinda like Peter Sellers' "Being There"
Submitted by Nightfly on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 5:30pm.
Obama is somewhat like the Chance character in Seller's 1979 movie about a simpleton who was mistaken for a sucessful businessman, when he's really totally oblivious and unaware to the ways of the world. Instead of a gardener, Obama is just a community organizer who is unaware of the ways of the world outside of the Chicago political machinery. Sellers' story was at least funny.
Great orators make people want to listen to them.....
Submitted by Prester John on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 5:30pm.
...but there is nothing that BHO's telepromter can tell him to say that I am interested in listening to.
Herman Cain, on other hand, can speak with passion and wit without a teleprompter, and actually have something to say.
Herman Cain 2012
www.hermancain.com
If the "Politico" were printed on paper....................
Submitted by djwolf12 on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 5:41pm.
I think 1-ply toilet paper best suits it.
Did anyone see Paul Ryan on FNS today?
Submitted by Blonde on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 6:18pm.
Now that guy can speak off the cuff, as a policy wonk, and not come off as wonkish at all.
Oh how I wish he'd throw his hat into the race this summer.
And Marco sounded pretty great today as well, although he still needs to get off his talking points a little bit more. Not bad. Too bad Chris Wallace and the rest of the media never conducted such a tough interview with Der Chairman before he was elected. Well, never mind, O would still be ah ah ahing to this day had such an interview occurred.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
His "gift for speaking" is
Submitted by BigSky1970 on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 6:19pm.
His "gift for speaking" is really nothing but the ability to read what's written on a teleprompter in an angry, hectoring tone.
The media isn't attempting to
Submitted by BigSky1970 on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 6:22pm.
The media isn't attempting to analyze The Rookie, they're trying to build him up. His numbers tanked on Friday to new lows.
April Fools?
Submitted by JPTSO3 on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 6:27pm.
This was done on April 1st.. right? This guy wasn't serious... was he?
Off topic but interesting
Submitted by ricklail on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 6:31pm.
For the humpteenth time since she accused the DOOK Lacrosse team of rape Crystal Mangum is back in trouble with the law. This might just get her some much deserved prison time. She has been in all kind of trouble since then but has not pulled any time. This is one POS needs to be taken off the streets. She should have been charged with filing a false police report 5 times over for the rape charges she made.
"Great?"
Submitted by ConservaSerb on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 6:45pm.
The stupid, lyin' socialist America-hater has nary a clue what a PERIOD at the end of a sentence means. He breaks up sentences into separate pieces of dog turds. When I listen to him, I want to throw up and take a crap simultaneously.
And he just lies and lies and lies some more.
A wise & frugal government, which shall leave men free 2 regulate their own pursuits of industry & improvement, & shall not take from the mouth of labor the bread it has earned - this is the sum of good government. T. Jefferson
He has broken every pledge made during his campaign
Submitted by joinamerica on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 6:59pm.
1. I have never been able to listen to even one of Mr. Obama's speeches in its entirety. When I first heard him speak, my innate BS meter immediately registered nuclear on the scale and I had to change the television channel.
2. What is wrong with the left that they are always so enamored of such clearly flawed characters?
3. When someone has lied to you every time he has ever promised you anything, why oh why would you continue to listen and/or analyze his words as if they had even the slightest significance?
The left is certainly a mysterious place.
Obama is far from being "the greatest orator of modern times:"
Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 7:18pm.
The honest and objective truth in my opinion is that Obama is a terrible speaker when he is under pressure, when he does not have his teleprompter, and when he is not giving speeches to large friendly audiences. I think the evidence very clearly shows that Obama has lost the message war on a regular basis ever since he has been in office and that he "can't win the message war in an even fight" as I have credibly documented:
http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/18932
The roots of Obama's problems, 1: He can't win the message war in an even fight
Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on September 26, 2010 - 2:22am.
Obama in my opinion is no great orator like how Ronald Reagan was which I think that the YouTube videos in this post comparing Obama to Reagan will very clearly show:
http://securingamerica.com/ccn/node/18968
Why Obama is NOT able to govern in the style of his "role model" Ronald Reagan
Submitted by Mitch Dworkin on February 9, 2011 - 5:34pm.
Roger Simon in my opinion is as wrong as wrong can be when he called Obama "the greatest orator of modern times."
Mitch Dworkin
Dallas, Texas
http://mitchdworkin.com/
Objective Political Research & Analysis
I wonder if this guy is
Submitted by Free Stinker on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 7:19pm.
I wonder if this guy is delusional, or if this part of the "April Comeback" the DNC & MBM are trying to promote for Obama.
/// Sarah Palin Fan since July 11, 2007 /// خال
Listen to the late Geraldine Ferraro
Submitted by Texndoc on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 7:29pm.
Mrs. Ferraro spoke the truth in that if he was white, he wouldn't have even been Senator from Illinois. What liberal white man nonsense, to treat this phony as some type of demi-god.
Or, as I've coined it ...
Submitted by LibertyAtStake on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 7:30pm.
... The Speechifier. Great with a teleprompter. Not so much on his feet.
d(^_^)b
http://libertyatstake.blogspot.com/
"Because the Only Good Progressive is a Failed Progressive"
I will concede that he's a
Submitted by bkeyser on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 7:41pm.
I will concede that he's a good speaker. He reads the text well. When he wants to exude passion, he can. He's not unlike many a preacher. But what's clearly missing is the ability to unite. Outside of the mid-nineteenth century, I can't think of another time the country was more divided.
So while he may be able speak well under controlled circumstances, he fails miserably at leading; which, ultimately, is his largest function. 'Ole Henry Clay up there can write a pretty sentence, but all the flowery words in the world don't make what he's saying coherent; this is Obama in a nutshell.
The first trial balloon was that he is our smartest President
Submitted by TheHistorian on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 7:54pm.
but then we have watched stupid move after stupid move. So they can't say that anymore. Then he became the "post-racial President". And we've watched more racial division with this guy than we saw with the last five Presidents. So that one pretty much fell on it's kiester also.
So now, with the libs trying to paint him as Reagan, he is now the greatest orator ever. But the truth is when he gets off the teleprompter, all he does is stammer and stutter. That is NOT the style of the "Great Communicator" (Reagan). So he ain't that, either. I heard his speech on Gabby and was also not at all impressed. Other than the stuff he did on the campaign trail, and at the Democrat conventions (which the media will not critically analyze) he hasn't had a good speech in the four years he has been in the public eye.
The libs are now left with only one other nickname, and that is one which will stick with Obama. That is the "Greatest Spender". He sure has outspent all of the other Presidents, and combined all before Bush 43.
Dennis Prager
Good pickup on that
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 8:09pm.
Good pickup on that Historian! So true and so scripted how they all plod along on the same script. It is so obvious that they are coordinated attacks on our sense of reality. The slip up last week about scripting everyone to say "radical republicans" was priceless. They are selling laced Kool-Aid and it is just plain dangerous where that leads. Johannesburg! Obama = Jim Jones. He was a controller too!
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
Reminds me of a quote
Submitted by LighthouseJ on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 7:52pm.
"Here comes the orator! With his flood of words, and his drop of reason."
-- Benjamin Franklin, Founding Father
Seriously? I , for one, find
Submitted by Darasen on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 7:56pm.
Seriously? I , for one, find Obama's speaking (substance aside) to a bit plodding. I think the Rev. Billy Graham comes far closer to being the greatest orator of our time.
More soft bigotry.
Submitted by motherbelt on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 8:21pm.
These sycophants couldn't live with their possibly racist selves if they didn't proclaim him the be-all and end-all. They're so slavish in their desire to prove that they admire a black man that nothing but superlatives all around will do.
Remember Michael Beschloss? Obama's IQ (which he didn't even know) was just "off the charts." Now, without an iota of real comparison to anything, Simon simply declares him the greatest orator.
"Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it one." - to Abraham Lincoln
Wait till 2012 gets here. The "news" will become one long...
Submitted by krendler on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 8:11pm.
If you think this is bad, wait till 2012 gets here. The "news" and political round tables on ABC, CBS, NBC and CNN will be nothing more than one long campaign ad for the Great Obama, just as it was in 2008. And if you've got a problem with that - paraphrasing Jeff Foxworthy - you may be a racist.
And don't forget about Michelle's arms
Submitted by krendler on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 8:14pm.
The greatest arms of any first lady in the modern era, as we were repeatedly reminded during the 1st 6 months of Obama's presidency.
He says 'Let Me Be Clear...' But then he isn't
Submitted by ChrisNH on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 8:21pm.
How can a jerk like Obamo be feted when he wags his finger every five minutes, saying 'Let Me Be Clear...' when he is everything BUT clear? Even pipe-smoking faculty-lounge elite Leftists are left 'wondering' what 'Their Boy' meant in one turn of phrase or another.
These Obamo breast-feeders keep making themselves look more foolish by the second. Happily, Obamo's legacy is now effectively ruined, which render fawning comments from his media 'Tribe' inconsequential.
You misunderstand, Chris.
Submitted by Newsbubba on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 7:43am.
Bambi is praying to Allah when he says, "Let me be clear." Obviously Allah ain't listening to his prayers because the boy has yet to be clear on anything.
Noel hit the nail on the
Submitted by motherbelt on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 8:33pm.
Noel hit the nail on the head.
The man's been president for two years, and only now have they quit swaying to the cadence and started paying attention to what he's actually saying.
Good grief!!
Roger Simon went on to say
Submitted by Comrade Jim on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 8:56pm.
that he forgot about Harry Reid. He thinks Harry Reid is the greatest orator, maybe of all time.
LOL Comrade Jim....
Submitted by Jer on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 9:00pm.
followed closely by Clarabell the Clown and Harpo Marx.
Jer
Clarabell & Harpo ---
Submitted by matthewdean on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 12:29am.
That was a good one, Jer.
MD
W
Submitted by rgallegos on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 9:11pm.
I dare say that W was a much better speaker cause he, more often than not, spoke from the heart. Even with his mispronounciations, etc. he was more honest. Replace the "one" for W and think would the moment (They can hear you!) at ground zero be better or any other speech especially post 9/11 by W.
So, let me understand this. In "modern times," . . .
Submitted by Galvanic on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 9:11pm.
. . . a man reads aloud a speech written and displayed for him on a teleprompter, and that makes him the greatest orator in modern times. But, when he is talking off the cuff, he is gaff prone.
Okay. Well, why not? Afterall, he won an election and was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize.
This is what is often described as "The Racism of Low Expectations."
Looks like....
Submitted by saintknowitall on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 9:19pm.
......someone wants a job at the White House.
My First Impressions Of Obama And Now
Submitted by Boil It Down on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 9:31pm.
About the second time I ever heard Obama speak, I told my friends that he was too slick and spoke only in generalities. As time went on, I came to hear most things in Obama's speeches as arrogant, which is not endearing to the listener. Now Obama complains that he hasn't communicated his policies adequately to persuade over half of the population of the virtues of his ideas. Add to that Obama's teleprompter foibles which are the object of constant ridicule. How exactly do these things support the conclusion that Obama is a great orator? Simon's assertion demonstrates that he has little, if any, objectivity with regard to Obama which makes him look like just another worshipper at his service.
The time for the MSM to have begun actually listening...
Submitted by Dave. on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 9:36pm.
...to what Obama was saying was two years before the '08 election.
Some of us actually did listen to what he was saying, and he pretty much telegraphed that he was going to run this country right into the ground.
No, he didn't do it in one speech, but if you were paying attention and actually connecting the dots as the campaign went along, then nothing that has happened to this point would be surprising.
The only thing that has surprised me is how rapidly we are going down the loo, as I thought it would take him four years to get us where we are right now.
He is doing exactly what he said he was going to do, and even now, two years into this hideous mess, most people still have a mental block of some kind or other when it comes to what he is doing.
They sense something is seriously wrong with this president, but they don't want to face up to what that something is.
-Dave
Vote for the American in November
Greatest Orator
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 9:36pm.
You must be joking. BO doesn't deserve to drink the water the Reagan used to wash his butt with. Take away the teleprompter and listen to the uuuuh, ummmmh, and gaffs out of this bozo in chief's mouth.
Greatest Orator, GET REAL!
I thought Martin Luther King
Submitted by mostlymoderate on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 9:45pm.
I thought Martin Luther King was and that is why we gave him his own holiday. Does that mean a holiday is in the works for Obama? I wonder if liberals know how racist they really are when they set the bar so low for their African American friends. This proves my point.
Total Bullshit
Submitted by Bill Brasky on Sun, 04/03/2011 - 11:07pm.
There is a reason his handlers don't let him give many press conferences. As others have mentioned above, take the teleprompter away and Obama is a bumbling doofus. Even now when he's reading a speech, there is a total lack of sincerity. The Libya speech and the energy speech are two recent examples. I didn't believe a word he said.
When I listen to great past
Submitted by big.league.slider on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 1:15am.
When I listen to great past conservative politicians like Reagan, Churchill, or JFK speak (without a teleprompter) I feel uplifted and inspired because they convince me that they truly believe what they are saying. The only decent political public speakers now that come to mind are Gov. Christie and Rep. Allen West.
Gov. Christie is not quite so inspiring as a speaker, but he definitely comes across as a responsible and credible adult. From the speeches I've listened to from Rep. Allen West, he seems to be speaking truly from the heart.
When I listen to President Obama, I just cringe. All I hear is a bunch of cheap class warfare and political campaign pandering that makes me want to hang onto my wallet........ and my pocket copy of the U.S. Constitution.
Big League Slider
Submitted by Blonde on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 1:20am.
If you are an Allen West fan, as you apparently are, bookmark SharkTank.net. It's a Florida political site, but they always have the latest and greatest by Allen (and almost immediately posted, too).
You can even sign up for e-mail alerts.
Not sure where you're located, but I do my level best to keep Allen front and center. He rocks.
Handy Reference Guide to Obama's Gaffes and Goofs ~ Currently Numbering 200 (and Counting)
Thank you for the link Blonde
Submitted by amyshulk on Tue, 04/05/2011 - 4:28am.
Thank you for the link Blonde - we lived in Fort Myers for a few years before moving to Las Vegas, and I vaguely remember the politics there.
Ronald Reagan
Ha Ha Ha Ha HA What a crock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Submitted by old cro on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 4:24am.
The greatest speaker of our time?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48kuCl-55f0&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-_cYjKD8TI&feature=player_embedded
Just a couple examples of his excellencies oratory thanks to - Clarice Feldman - The Unified Theory of Obama from the American Thinker.
http://www.americanthinker.com/2011/04/the_unified_theory_of_obama.html
Release ALL the Records!
Release ALL the Records!
Release ALL the Records!
Release ALL the Records!
Obama the Ultimate Con Sales Man...
Submitted by gruyere cheese on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 7:42am.
What else do you expect his creepy followers to believe in? If Obama tells them that according to the Mayan Calendar we will be toast by May 2012...they will believe it - no proof necessary, why? Because, he says so.
Well actually
Submitted by hbnolikeee on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 9:22am.
If he gets reelected we are toast.
Roger Simon is our sockpuppet
Submitted by buddyc on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 9:21am.
Roger Simon is our sockpuppet of the week winner.
Reagan was the greatest
Submitted by Beukeboom on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 9:41am.
Reagan was the greatest orator of modern times. Obama is just a teleprompter reader.
in happy land, charisma rules
Submitted by Orpheus75 on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 1:58pm.
That's what happens when you get all steamy and swoon at the voice that promises you free ice cream. Too bad after you FINALLY start opening the package and realize that it's not ice cream that fills the bucket.
His best speech? Confidential to Joe the plumber...
Submitted by ROSIE RIGHT on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 2:17pm.
"I believe in spreading the (poverty) oops, wealth around"!
Really?????????
Submitted by IdahoJim on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 2:55pm.
I mean really?? Obama is a great orator???
I thought a great orator concept was based on both presentation and content.
Obama may talk pretty, but he ends up saying nothing.
Ronald Reagan gets my vote as greatest orator in modern times.
IdahoJim
http://idahoandy.net
I wonder if anyone counted
Submitted by MaximusBraveheart on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 3:39pm.
I wonder if anyone counted the technical speaking mistakes a typical speech teacher would take off for. The results would be an interesting! Staff?
-- Maximusbraveheart -- Is TRUTH knowable? Moral Relativism is the abandonment of Truth. Truth is knowable. Truth conforms to Reality. Reality is observable by evidence & witness in this day & from history. Relativism is Sesame Street play land.
'Obama's The Greatest Orator Of Modern Times'
Submitted by newsmoiker on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 11:04pm.
Roger Roger Roger.....surely you must be an Obama teleprompter tech!!! It goes down more than Hussein Obama would like. Obama sure has a following of suck oh fants!!
On the contrary, does the teleprompter go down or does Mr. O go off script?
Sad to say, but he IS correct
Submitted by amyshulk on Mon, 04/04/2011 - 11:35pm.
Sad to say, but he IS correct - he says 3 or {usually more} lines that make PERFECT sense, then he takes a left turn when the surface voters have tuned out. It was one of the 1st things I noticed about him. And because rubes like Simon carry his water, they don't hi-light that left turn, nor do they attempt to parse his verbiage, like they do with the R's.
This:
"The bloom isn't entirely off the rose between Obama and the press, but reporters are starting to concentrate more than ever on what he says rather than how he says it. We will stipulate that he's the greatest orator of modern times, but now we're looking beyond that in every speech for what he's actually telling us.
If they had done this from day 1, we might have had have Hilary instead.
Ronald Reagan