[06/06/08: From the Politico, here's a round-up to the near-universal dismay over John McCain's oratory skills.]
[Hey, Ace, thanks for the link!]
I’m listening to John McCain’s speech (live) down in Louisiana as I type this.
My prediction: the Republicans are going to get beat like a red-headed stepchild this fall. Sigh.
There’s been a lot of political analysis lately indicating that McCain has an even-to-very-good chance to beat Barack Obama in the general election. All I have to do is listen to John McCain for a few minutes — and listen to how profoundly uninspired and forced the cheers and chants are at his comments — and it’s clear that he’s just not going to energize the base, which already has deep suspicions about him (and which he has done little to assuage in the past weeks).
McCain’s rhetoric and his delivery are both very underwhelming. We talk about Hillary Clinton’s shrillness, but McCain has a weak, breathy tone to his voice that becomes harder and harder to listen to as he goes on. McCain going up against Obama is going to be like Bob Dole going up against Bill Clinton back in 1996, except that Obama is a better and more attractive orator than Clinton.
And Brit Hume asks: “Is this John McCain at his oratorical best?” So it’s not just me. ..bruce w..
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I agree with everything you said concerning McCain, Obama, and Clinton. However, have you or anyone else noticed that when Barack is not reading from a tele-prompter or from a prepared speech he sounds like a totally lost? “Uhhhhh, uhhhhh, uhhhh”
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