Giving a talk? Do it like Obama
July 24, 2009 by Geneva ReidPosted in: Communication, In this week's e-newsletter, Latest News & Views
Love him or hate him, President Obama has excellent speaking skills.
So whether you need to talk to a co-worker or supervisor, or you’re giving a presentation to a standing-room-only crowd, here are five tips that’ll keep you at the top of your game.
Here’s what BNET recommends:
- Make it about them: Your goal is to go for the head nod. In other words, explain the situation from the listener’s point of view. When they begin to nod in agreement, you have their interest – and can move on to the problem or situation you need to discuss.
- Zero in on your topic: The fewer ideas you mention at one time, the better chance your listeners will stay with you. If you’ve written out a speech, read it over and ask yourself, “What’s my core message?” Then revise it so you zero in on that idea.
- Read their minds: Well, not really. But try to anticipate what the people you’re speaking to are thinking. If you can address the issues you know concern them, you’ll have a better chance of winning them over to your point of view.
- Stop talking: Pausing is critical when giving a talk. It allows your words to sink in – and makes you look confident and composed. A good idea: If you’re reading from note cards, draw a slanted line where you a natural pause would fall – then inhale for three beats at each mark.
- Let your body do the talking: Studies show up to 93% of the messages we send have nothing to do with what we actually say. It’s all in the body language. So practice looking calm: Let your eyes wander slowly across the room, from left to right; move about, rather than standing stiffly; smile, laugh, and use hand gestures to emphasize your points.
Any tricks of the trade you’d like to share when giving a talk? Let us know in the comments section below.
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July 21st, 2009 at 3:59 pm
I think he’s a really poor speaker, doesn’t connect at all, and doesn’t seem to even notice what he is reading. Perfect for today’s high tech listener.
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:29 am
I agree with Norma. I even find him a little condescending at times.
July 22nd, 2009 at 8:41 am
Obama is a good reader; without his teleprompter, all he does is stammer and evade questions. So if the way to give a good speech is to “do it like Obama,” then all we need is to be able to read, and to have our own teleprompters.
My husband and I were both Scripture readers in church. I was fine, but he was always a nervous wreck. He would make that nervous energy work for him, though, so that people mistook it for passion and fire. In his job he sometimes has to speak or teach a class, and uses his stage fright the same way. He writes his material so that some forceful speaking is called for, and we makes a positive impression on his audiences.
July 22nd, 2009 at 9:45 am
Good Speaker? Who wrote this???? Without his teleprompter, the guy is clueless, stumbles around and repeats himself.
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:25 am
Maybe the teleprompter is the problem for Obama.
He certainly won crowds over at the grassroots level to get to the presidential battle, and he was very articulate in a debate setting where a teleprompter was obviously not in use. I was a die-hard McCain supporter going into the debates, but I was impressed with Obama during them. I realized that even though I’ma staunch republican, this man had a very good head on his shoulders.
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:27 am
The four original commenters are either ignorant or in denial. While he hasn’t done AS well after winning the presidency, Obama delivered some scorchers without a teleprompter during the campaign. And this is coming from a once-Republican (now a firm member of the “Apolitical” party). The man can speak. If you feel condescended to, or don’t feel connected, I think it says more about you and your politics than it does about his speaking style.
My god, really? How have you felt about the last 20 years of politicians’ speaking abilities if you don’t admire his? He certainly does it better than anybody on the national scene since Reagan.
July 22nd, 2009 at 10:37 am
Hell of a speaker!!! Anyone who can sell the entire country an empty bag of billion dollar debt…now thats a speaker!!!
July 22nd, 2009 at 1:42 pm
If you think the point of this article was to truly discuss the speechmaking abilities of President Obama, then the joke is on you. This was merely a test to see if any left leaning liberals were reading the Higher Ed Mourning. Please everyone, just relax. No one here is truly praising or admiring Obama in any way. Look, we are all sorry that George W. Bush’s second term ran out just as the economy was starting to ignite, victory was near in Afghanistan, and science was about to confirm the existence of god. Although we are stuck with Obama for now, let’s hope that our legislature and judges can hold the line until we can get Palin elected. (Now there is a speech maker!) Until that time, please consult scripture before doing any public speaking. And, for the love of Jesus, pray that we do not become one of those nations where everyone receives decent health care.
July 22nd, 2009 at 2:06 pm
It appears that a few of the respondents are still trying to replay the last national election and display their sour grapes because the most people in the country chose to vote Democratic. Thus, they are letting their negative views of the President’s policies overwhelm their capacity to judge good speeches that are given with or without notes. Perhaps if the article was about speeches given by Reagan they might realize that their responses were motivated by politics rather than than by President Obama’s communications skills.
July 22nd, 2009 at 4:36 pm
BNET failed to recommend one more tip:
6. Use a teleprompter in every speech.
July 22nd, 2009 at 4:41 pm
Goodness gracious ! Enough already ! Most of you are just opening your mouths to render condemnation for our President’s power of speech. He is very eloquent, articulate and does not give anyone any chance to put him down by not taking seriously their comments. And I praise him for that. No room for their stupidity — he is the President ! He is a professor from Harvard, a lawyer, and well-respected in his field. And you are comparing him to Presidents Bush (both father and son)… are you kidding me??? He is doing everything to make USA changed and the government’s body of legislative, excecutive and judicial powers exercised. Let President Obama and his cabinet do their parts. They are fixing what Pres. Bush left behind as his legacy to our bleeding country. Pres. Obama is a fixer of great disasters left for him to fulfill. Leave them alone to do it.
July 22nd, 2009 at 4:43 pm
LEave a reply for what?
July 22nd, 2009 at 5:23 pm
It’s clear that Obama is an excellent speaker. His ability to reach out to an audience and connect to their concerns is evident in the huge response he receives, as well as the support that he’s given for those issues that he’s able to frame in ways that make listeners understand the significance of the issue to them. Those who fail to see this are engaging in wishful thinking, hoping that their slurs on his speaking ability will make it so. Sorry, folks. It doesn’t work that way. You lost, and you’ll just have to live with it.
July 22nd, 2009 at 5:31 pm
The comments by the readers are interesting, especially Doug’s sarcasm. I guess the point by BNET is not whether or not he uses a teleprompter, but his style of deliverance. I’m no Obama supporter, but I’ll concede that he delivers his speeches well.
Are there other, non-sarcastic
suggestions?
July 23rd, 2009 at 12:26 pm
Oh Jennifer. Oh my goodness, bluberry. You poor dears. I’m speechless now. He’s not a professor from Harvard; he attended Harvard. He was a Chicago community organizer who wrote himself (I think) two autobiographies when he hadn’t accomplished a thing. No one knows his school records, who paid his tuition or even where he was born. He was raised as a middle class white boy, attended private schools, and does a good imitation of a black preacher, but didn’t learn to talk black until he got to Chicago–still has his white accent when he moves into call and respond mode. He got into the Illinois senate on a fluke, and gave that speech that wowed the dem delegates in 2004 many times. But he’s not a good, or even adequate speaker. He’s dull, repetitious and his head swivels. And he’s a finger wagger. It’s one thing to be tone deaf; it’s another to just fall into the pit of devotion and admiration. That was a real snoozer last night.
July 23rd, 2009 at 2:12 pm
For someone who is supposedly speechless, Norma, you sure managed to put a lot of obnoxious words in the comment box. We get it, you don’t like him. Congrats. But it takes a special kind of myopia to say he “hadn’t accomplished a thing.” I’d say regardless of how pig-ignorant or even racist one may be, becoming president of the Harvard Law Review is a pretty f%&$ing big accomplishment. Maybe you don’t think it’s worth writing a memoir about, okay, great, but it certainly qualifies as accomplishing something. But I guess we can’t all teach veterinary medicine at OSU!
Oh, my goodness, he didn’t learn to “talk black” until later in life and still sometimes talks in a “white accent!” More ROCK SOLID evidence that he fails to connect with people!
Guess what, you old biddy? You’re the one that can’t connect. You’re used up inside. Go condescend on your sure-to-be amazing, thought-provoking blogs. Better yet, you should podcast from now on, since you clearly must be one of the foremost speakers of your generation.
“Bluberry.”
July 23rd, 2009 at 5:16 pm
Sorry Paul. Didn’t realize I should check with you before offering an opinion. Old ladies should know their place. Tsk. Tsk.
July 23rd, 2009 at 5:32 pm
I accept your obviously heartfelt apology. It’s good to know you’ve learned your lesson and will never spout ill-informed, xenophobic drek anywhere on the web ever again.
July 24th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
“Love him or hate him, President Obama has excellent speaking skills.”
I agree, 100%.
But for our fellow posters (Jennifer Valerio-Reyes & Norma come to mind), note that most of us are not blasting our president, but simply commenting on BNET’s five-point list.
Seriously, some of you need to grow thicker skin and move on.
…
BTW – anyone want to comment on the “acted stupidly” comment in the context of this board?
July 24th, 2009 at 3:57 pm
President Obama is recognized world wide for his eloquence and effectiveness in speaking. He most certainly can connect with his audience!
I think it has been mentioned that he was President of the Harvard Law Review? I do understand, however, that there may be a wide audience that does not understand the ability required for that position…let alone the position he now holds.
Eric, I agree with your desire that people not waste time on the argument of “love him or hate him” and that the point was to discuss BET’s 5 points. However, you may have noticed that people have not been doing that, rather they have been arguing about the example of Obama as an outstanding orator. It then follows that these same people who attack a point well known throughout the globe, will subsequently receive comments in defense of what others know to be true. –Anyway, enough already!
July 24th, 2009 at 3:59 pm
Eric: I haven’t had permission from Paul to write on that topic. Plus it would just be xenophobic drek. As opposed to ageist, misogynist, off-topic drek. Any criticism, comment or thoughtful analysis of Obama’s speeches, politics, appearance, values, etc. is racist. Especially in higher education. Old Biddies like me need to know our f%&$ing place.
July 24th, 2009 at 4:39 pm
Norma, for God’s sake, when you give a “thoughtful analysis,” I will be there and reading attentively. But “no one knows … who paid his tuition,” like most of your points, is A) completely off-topic, B) apropos of nothing, and C) worst of all, misleading.
And no, not any criticism of him is racist. I have a whole host of criticisms of the guy, but as you have so aptly demonstrated, now is not the time. What’s racist is thinking that when he learned to “talk black” or that he occasionally slips into a “white accent” or that he was “raised as a middle class white boy” somehow matters a lick.
By the way, I love women, old people, and old women. Just not old biddies with preconceived notions and rotten brains.
July 24th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Norma, for God’s sake, when you give a “thoughtful analysis,” I will be there and reading attentively. But “no one knows … who paid his tuition,” like most of your points, is A) completely off-topic, B) apropos of nothing, and C) worst of all, misleading.
And no, not any criticism of him is racist. I have a whole host of criticisms of the guy, but as you have so aptly demonstrated, now is not the time. What’s racist is thinking that when he learned to “talk black” or that he occasionally slips into a “white accent” or that he was “raised as a middle class white boy” somehow matters a lick.
By the way, I love women, old people, and old women. Just not old biddies with preconceived notions and rotten brains.
(Apologies, Moderators, so great was my righteous indignation that I accidentally put Norma’s name in the Name field. Plus, I am quite stupid.)
July 24th, 2009 at 10:14 pm
This reminds me of Usenet.
July 28th, 2009 at 12:31 pm
On Usenet, when they can’t defend the stupid things they say, do they resort to snide little zingers?
July 28th, 2009 at 8:28 pm
“Any tricks of the trade you’d like to share when giving a talk? Let us know in the comments section below.”
This was the question asked of the readers. Apparently no one understands English!
There has not been any worthwhile information shared about giving a talk; only political rubbish that should be discussed in another arena.
Wake-up adults! Election results are final until the next election. Support the country and most of all support our troops — but not here. This was about public speaking.
July 29th, 2009 at 9:31 am
President Obama is an excellent speaker, that is why they chose him to run for Pres. He can buffalo the common people. When it comes down to explaining how he is going to do what he promises he lacks detail and is vague and that is when he loses the connection with me. I am sixty and through the years heard a lot of promises from politicians. I have learned to listen for more than promises.
He is doing what he promised but always with a twist to it. Example: I will give everyone a $1200 stimulus check…………..???????? It is our own money and we pay taxes on it.
July 29th, 2009 at 4:03 pm
The column inadvertently omitted.
6. Use a teleprompter. The investment is well worth it. If possible, have two in case one malfunctions. Practice with it, let it be your friend. If you must answer questions or speak “off the cuff” please do so when your facility has stopped recording, or screen your questions. Also compliant press coverage of your event will gloss over the fact that you had help.
July 29th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
As Diane reminded us, the discussion prompt asked if we had any tricks of the trade to share about public speaking. It did NOT ask for our commentary on politics.
Here’s my advice: join Toastmasters International, a wonderful organization that will help improve public speaking, impromptu speaking, evaluation, and leadership skills. I’ve been a member for more than a decade, and I encourage you to check out a Toastmasters club or two in your area. Learn more at http://www.toastmasters.org/.
Regarding the public speaking skills of our top politicians, I’ll just add that President Obama might not be a perfect speaker, but he’s definitely a tremendous improvement.
Peace out.
July 30th, 2009 at 1:00 pm
Don’t be afraid to use “appropriate” humor, when I am presenting a topic, it doesn’t hurt to share a related humorous story if it is appropriate to the topic and is not off color or offensive. Often I will share slightly self deprecating humor about an incident that happened to me that people can relate to. This will often break the ice and provide a more welcoming environment for audience participation.
January 6th, 2010 at 12:12 pm
I think he is an awful speaker. Maybe a good reader…but certainlyl his style makes him appear to be unsure and fighting to find a word or more likely his place in the script. He absolutely cannot speak without a written script. Everytime he speaks off the cuff he only rearranges his feet.
February 3rd, 2010 at 2:22 pm
Just because Pres. Obama attended Harvard does not automatically mean he is either a good speaker nor intelligent, the perfect example that I would cite is Pres. George W. Bush-he attended Yale for his undergrad and Harvard for his MBA. I do agree that Obama like Hitler (no I’m not comparing the man Obama to the man Hitler, just there good speaking skills) can give mesmerizing speeches and rile up a good crowd. Perhaps this should have been an article about how to give a good speech like Hitler. Obama knows how to reach an audience, though he does not achieve this every time. The man can speak, especially if he is practiced and well versed on the subject. If he speaks off the cuff, he stutters more than even Pres. Bush did. Since this an article about good speaking, I would suggest that if we want to pull of eloquence when giving a speech, then we need to practice, be well versed on the subject and put plenty of passion in the speech. We should never speak down to an audience or appear smug. Both are example that Bush and Obama have been guilty of.
February 4th, 2010 at 2:26 pm
Is it racist to say I really don’t like the way black people talk? Or that I can’t believe this great country has fallen so low as to have a black president? Or that there’s no way a black president can connect with white listeners when he’s speaking? I suppose in today’s politically correct world you might think so. But most Americans who care about the strength of this country agree with me.
February 4th, 2010 at 2:35 pm
Those of you mindlessly repeating the teleprompter talking point from Fox, Rush, Beck, et. al (we understand — attacking your opponent’s strengths is a tactic as old as the hills) apparently missed Obama’s 85-minute, off-the-cuff thrashing of the hapless Republican House caucus on Friday. It was so embarrassing to the GOP that Fox cut away as soon as possible to cover the pressing issue of psychic cats instead.
http://www.whitehouse.gov/photos-and-video/video/president-obama-takes-questions-gop-house-issues-conference
February 4th, 2010 at 6:52 pm
I don’t believe you’re the same Norma as above, “Norma @2:26pm,” but either way it’s terrifying that you have anything to do with higher ed whatsoever.
February 5th, 2010 at 1:40 pm
First let me say that every party is guilty of attacking the strengths of their opponents, so let’s let that argument go. I wish we could have a good discussion on the merits of eloquent speaking, public, political or not, instead of bashing either the current or past President. Mr. Obama is a more eloquent speaker, but Mr. Bush spoke more from heart. Both could learn lessons from each other, and so could we. here in Higher ed, we should be more focused helping our students learn from those who do something well, and not hinder them in any way. Let’s give Obama credit for being able to pull off a good speech, inspire a crowd and change minds. Leave the other stuff for a different arena.
February 6th, 2010 at 6:31 am
Hmm… well, yes, I will acknowledge that Mr. Obama can give a very good speech, be it with a teleprompter, or with notes, or impromptu. However, he seems to have an issue with being particularly vulnerable to getting jarred off his “talking points” in less-structured events. However inarticulate and prone to malapropisms Mr. Bush (the younger) may have been, he seemed to at least be better able to stay “on message”, as it were – he remembered his core concepts, and tried to express them [as an aside, the rightness or wrongness of those core concepts is a debate for another venue, and I humbly ask that the question be deferred].
So, yes, Mr. Obama is, at the very least, a very facile speaker. What offends my sensibilities is the monotonous overuse of what I would call cheap rhetorical tricks (e.g.: “There are those who say-” leading into a classic strawman argument; “Let me be perfectly clear-” leading into obfuscatory weasel-wording; among other offenses, including false dichotomies, illicit redefinitions, et cetera). Yes, other Presidents have been poor speakers, but I’m sorry – after the umpteenth hearing of a rhetorical catchphrase, it begins to grate. Out here in Flyover Country, most of the citizens Mr. Obama has been trying to persuade have long ago learned to dismiss his arguments as, if I may be forgiven the Bowdlerization, “Bovine End-product.”
February 10th, 2010 at 2:32 pm
I love how obviously stilted the readership of this site is, which has never been so evident than by reading the comments on this one post. Personally, I blame its baiting phraseology of the topics it covers. Nothing gets the right-wing curmudgeons rolling in like suggesting that the world is collapsing around them and that it’s the fault of those lazy “entitlement age” students. The first 4 or 5 posts on any given article can be guaranteed to be conservative screeds about lazy irresponsible students. Maybe even inside accounts by people who run the site looking to spark some controversy and get more people to comment, idk.
February 10th, 2010 at 2:48 pm
Mike Doyle,
yes, you are quite right about the things Obama could do better, especially giving up the cliches` would do wonders for me as well. Your point brings me back to my origional statement that perhaps the article should have been about someone else who spoke well, such as Hitler. Yes he spoke well, so well that a country blindly followed him down a terrible road. Maybe we should quite building up Mr. Obama, and start looking down the road to where he wants to lead us. Let’s forget his eloquent dressed up style of speaking and listen to what he is actually saying; once we do that, we might all agree that he is not so great after all.
As for Itsalljustaride-i don’t know where you are coming from, i didn’t get that take at all-and yes the students do have a partner in this dance-the instructors, or even their bosses can’t give their speeches for them, it is something they must do themselves, so they should buck up and learn to do it correctly.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:38 pm
Margaret’s strategy of linking Barack Obama’s oratory skills to Hitler’s is the transparent rhetorical strategy of incrimination by association. By associating Obama’s style with Hitler’s, she is hoping to establish a link in the readers’ minds, despite all protests to the contrary. Commentators like this attempt to wrap Obama in the mantle of a despised speaker from an entirely different socio-historical context, hoping that the other associations, of a charismatic speaker who leads an entire nation astray morally and histroically, will be made as well. Readers able to parse such obvious motives will not be drawn into these comparisons. Her hope, then, is for an uncritical reception and perhaps attendant racism that will willingly link the one association to the other.
Let’s hope that our citizenry is more educated than the closet racists who make such claims.
February 10th, 2010 at 5:58 pm
Congrats Margaret, you just played “The Hitler Card”!
Godwin’s Law is fulfilled!
February 10th, 2010 at 7:37 pm
Actually,
if you read my very first post, you will see that I was not comparing Obama the man to Hitler the man, just their abilities to draw huge crowds, and convince large groups of people through their speaking styles that they can and should be trusted. Isn’t that what any good speaker wants?
As far as Godwin’s law goes, he does agree that sometimes the comparison is worthy. I can’t help it if Hitler was the very first person to draw German crowds of over 100,000, and Obama was the very first to draw American crowds of over 100,000-it is just the way it is. Maybe if we stop freaking out over the mere mention of Hitler, and actually analyze his speaking style alongside of Obama’s we might find some actual points to consider when speaking, as this is what the actual article is about.
February 10th, 2010 at 7:45 pm
Blueberry,
there is no strategy here. I just happened to be reading the history of Hitler when this article appeared. So naturally, his oratory skills were in the fore front of my mind. I am not feigning protests to the contrary, I really don’t want our President to be linked in the minds of Americans with Hitler the man, and his socialist policies, I was just commenting on Hitlers ability to speak, go and study his speaking styles and abilities-only a fool would say he wasn’t very good at it. Obama is good at oration as well. I will give you this though, he obviously isn’t as good as Hitler, because he can’t even get Gitmo closed!
February 10th, 2010 at 9:54 pm
go to youtube and find “obama gaffes”
How many times did he say corpseman to refer to corpsman?
Did he say he’s been to 57 states?
Every gaffe he makes is not broadcasted in the media so it appears that he is a good speaker. He is actually in the running vs. George Bush when it comes to these!
February 11th, 2010 at 4:52 pm
When I say good speaker, what I mean is that he is a demagogue- a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices-which he is very good at doing. Since the media likes what he stands for they are willing to give him a pass on his humanness (miss-speaks), so, apparently are the masses. Because the media did not like what Pres. Bush stood for, they were not willing to give him anything but a hard time. I do believe that in time the masses will look more kindly upon Bush than they do now, and more harshly upon Obama than they do now. but you have to admit, he sure can read a teleprompter!
February 11th, 2010 at 5:56 pm
Margaret:
Your coy attempts to push this off as “I don’t want to actually link the two” fall flat when you then go on to actually link the two.
And no, the two have nothing at all in common in their rhetorical styles either.
Hitler worked himself into a frothy lather, with wild, sweaty gesticulations and words that played on the German’s hatred and fear and sense of victimhood after WWI.
“what I mean is that he is a demagogue”
Wrong. That is if your working definition is “a political leader who seeks support by appealing to popular passions and prejudices”. In that sense every political leader this nation has ever had was a demagogue. You have to be extra demagogy to warrant such a hyperbolic term nowadays, and compared to Ahmadinejad, Kim Jong Il, or Hugo Chavez, Obama has the fiery passion of a wet paper bag. Those guys are REAL demagogues.
Obama is no more or less rigid and practiced than most other presidents before him (Bush was a tad more colloquial at times, but even he reverted to classic political rigidity most times), and his speech does not play toward hatred or fear.
That and you’re repeating this lame teleprompter meme that has no wings either.
Sarah Palin wrote crib notes on her hand, but I don’t see conservatives blathering about that. How does Obama use a teleprompter any differently than Bush or Clinton? Seriously man, you guys all need to let these lame talking points go. It’s not like you can’t find REAL points to debate, why settle for the non-sequitors?
“I can’t help it if Hitler was the very first person to draw German crowds of over 100,000, and Obama was the very first to draw American crowds of over 100,000-it is just the way it is.”
Seriously? What a crock of an argument.
February 11th, 2010 at 6:49 pm
Just because Hitler used hate speech and Obama uses condescending speech, doesn’t mean that they both couldn’t get the crowds to agree with their ideas. I wasn’t comparing what they say, just that those around them liked what they heard to the point of following what they said, and even giving them power. I did not mean any other thing, no hidden agenda, I don’t think Obama is planning on sending Republicans to the gas chamber. I simply used Hitler b/c I was reading about how he came to power, and he of course is a very good example of swaying public opinion by way of oration, just as Obama is. By the way, Hitler blamed the Jews for the bad economy, and the German leaders bought into it; Obama blames the Republicans for the bad economy, and American leaders buy into it. Actually, there is plenty of blame to go around-yes to include the Republicans. Let’s get past blame, and work to solve it.
I think it is interesting that those who may portray Pres. Obama in any other light than wonderful are automatically labeled as a racist in some way. Without even knowing my pigmentation content I have been called a closet racist here on this page. I wish we could get past the race issue. Maybe if we fully and openly discussed why the amount pigmentation in our skins seems to matter, we could finally get to the root of the problem and move forward.
The only thing I have to say about the Sarah Palin comment is that if this were an article about her speaking skills, I would have taken her to task for writing on her hand; since this is an article about Obama, I wrote about him. However, since you have gotten all lathered up about the Hitler comparison, I’ll compare Palin and Obama. Both draw large crowds, both are loved by their followers, and hated by their critics. Both are controversal political figures, and yes, both know how to speak to a crowd. Notice that I have not compared what the actual words of the speeches were. The difference is that Obama is trying to say something that will appeal to everyone and Palin couldn’t keeps her comments strictly addressed to those who have the same ideology as her. Obama believes that those who don’t think as he does are not listening, and as soon as they shut up and listen, l will come around to the right (or should I say left) way of thinking-his way. Perhaps this is why he keeps repeating himself. Maybe this should have been an article title “Giving a Speech? Do it Like Palin.”
March 26th, 2010 at 2:27 pm
U have got to be kidding!