Author Topic: Talk about your rose-colored glasses! (Read 7503 times)

doczinn · « **on:** April 22, 2009, 11:50:29 PM »

From a fawning piece on how to speak like Obama:

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Obama has mastered the art of pausing. Just check out his presidential acceptance speech in Chicago to see this skill at work. He pauses to let us catch up with him. He pauses to let his words resonate. He pauses, in a sense, to let us rest. Pauses also give the impression of composure and thoughtfulness.

(http://www.bnet.com/2403-13074_23-290100.html?tag=homeCar)

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #1 on:** April 22, 2009, 11:59:29 PM »

Huh. I thought he was just pausing while the teleprompter refreshed.

Ryan in Maine · « **Reply #2 on:** April 23, 2009, 04:27:11 AM »

1). He is a skilled speaker, with help.
2). He does not pause to "let us catch up", and rarely do I find myself needing to catch up to him.
3). He does not pause to "let his words resonate", but that would be a good reason if it were true.
4). He does not pause to "let us rest", and I've never felt mentally exhausted trying to grasp his words.
5). His pauses do not give an impression of composure, though I could see him pulling off thoughtfulness. Pausing like he does every speech shows me the opposite of composure. I learned that from my cultural anthropology teacher.

Those aren't rose-colored glasses. He has Obama painted on the inside of the lenses.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #3 on:** April 23, 2009, 07:38:19 AM »

I've noticed that he likes to draw out his s's, especially at the end of a clause. I hate his slow, deliberate manner of speaking, but that seems to be the fashion for politicians these days.

CNYCacher · « **Reply #4 on:** April 23, 2009, 09:54:40 AM »

I'm no fan either, but I prefer it to Al Gore's "I am talking down to you" tone.

coppertales · « **Reply #5 on:** April 23, 2009, 11:21:16 AM »

I will go with waiting for the teleprompter or ear bud to tell him what he is going to say next........chris3

longeyes · « **Reply #6 on:** April 23, 2009, 12:13:39 PM »

Obama is the smartest kid in the class of a very dumbed-down America. He mastered the jargon that got him through academia. When you hear words like "parameters" be careful where you are stepping.

longeyes · « **Reply #7 on:** April 23, 2009, 12:14:46 PM »

The dividing line in America is between those who think Obama is smarter than they are and those who don't.

Count me in the latter camp.

Jocassee · « **Reply #8 on:** April 23, 2009, 12:24:21 PM »

Quote from: longeyes on April 23, 2009, 12:14:46 PM

The dividing line in America is between those who think Obama is smarter than they are and those who don't.

Count me in the latter camp.

Quoted for truth.

Perd Hapley · « **Reply #9 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:23:37 PM »

Quote from: longeyes on April 23, 2009, 12:13:39 PM

Obama is the smartest kid in the class of a very dumbed-down America. He mastered the jargon that got him through academia. When you hear words like "parameters" be careful where you are stepping.

That is so right.

K Frame · « **Reply #10 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:26:54 PM »

Mastery of oration why Ronald Reagan got the title "The Great Communicator."

Comparing Reagan to Obama STRICTLY on oratorical skills?

Reagan all the way.

sanglant · « **Reply #11 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:38:01 PM »

ummm aahh ummm ummmm aahhh ummmm, yeah right

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #12 on:** April 23, 2009, 01:59:47 PM »

At least Reagan could speak well contemporaneously.

SADShooter · « **Reply #13 on:** April 23, 2009, 02:20:58 PM »

And extemporaneously, as well.

RoadKingLarry · « **Reply #14 on:** April 23, 2009, 02:28:56 PM »

Quote from: doczinn on April 22, 2009, 11:50:29 PM

From a fawning piece on how to speak like Obama:

(http://www.bnet.com/2403-13074_23-290100.html?tag=homeCar)

Can you say - SYCOPHANT?

I knew ya could...

K Frame · « **Reply #15 on:** April 23, 2009, 03:35:26 PM »

Quote from: sanglant on April 23, 2009, 01:38:01 PM

ummm aahh ummm ummmm aahhh ummmm, yeah right

Even the best speakers have moments in which their words, thoughts, composure, etc., desert them. That doesn't take away from their overall capabilities as a speaker.

George Bush, terrible speaker.

Jimmy Carter, OK speaker.

Reagan and Kennedy? Both who understood that not only content but also presentation were important, and were both good at it? Great speakers.

MechAg94 · « **Reply #16 on:** April 23, 2009, 04:50:05 PM »

Quote from: sanglant on April 23, 2009, 01:38:01 PM

ummm aahh ummm ummmm aahhh ummmm, yeah right

I thought that avoiding those "words" was exactly why he paused. He is pausing to make sure he speaks clearly. I was thinking Bush did the same thing.

seeker_two · « **Reply #17 on:** April 23, 2009, 06:57:54 PM »

That is not "rose-colored glasses".....THAT is a psychiatric disorder that can be treated successfully with the right medications....

longeyes · « **Reply #18 on:** April 23, 2009, 06:59:38 PM »

More red-colored than rose-colored, methinks.

vaskidmark · « **Reply #19 on:** April 23, 2009, 07:27:12 PM »

Quote from: seeker_two on April 23, 2009, 06:57:54 PM

That is not "rose-colored glasses".....THAT is a psychiatric disorder that can be treated successfully with the right medications....

Are you suggsting that the ingestion of lead particles may have a salubrious benefit in this case?

stay safe.

skidmark

grampster · « **Reply #20 on:** April 23, 2009, 07:37:12 PM »

The content of his speeches are lugubriously nebulous.

Monkeyleg · « **Reply #21 on:** April 23, 2009, 11:17:09 PM »

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And extemporaneously, as well.

Sorry, I keep confusing my 'temporaneously's.

LadySmith · « **Reply #22 on:** April 23, 2009, 11:19:26 PM »

Quote from: grampster on April 23, 2009, 07:37:12 PM

The content of his speeches are lugubriously nebulous.

Now that's downright poetical.

grampster · « **Reply #23 on:** April 24, 2009, 12:03:50 AM »

Didacticaly poetical.

doczinn · « **Reply #24 on:** April 24, 2009, 12:10:35 AM »

Diabolically dialectical.

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Author Topic: Talk about your rose-colored glasses! (Read 7503 times)