>> > He really is a magnificent speaker. >> >> Only for prepared speeches - if he's going off the cuff he's got more >> of a verbal pause problem than I do! > > The far right is getting pretty desperate.
I think the critique, mine in particular, is more at these people that are fawning over how great of a speaker he is and how his ability to deliver a prepared speech makes him more qualified to be a good President. For all we know the man may not understand half of what he's saying. If you really want to know what someone thinks, wait for an open mic... just ask Jesse Jackson! And don't get me wrong, verbal pauses are not the sign of a lack of intelligence! They can be indicative of any number of things, from searching for the right way to phrase something (whether it be because of the audience or the subject matter) to buying time because there's nothing coming into the gray matter. They just sound out of place for someone who is supposed to be a master orator. On the other side of the coin, I watched a McCain press conference a few weeks ago and he had this weird quirk where he would flash this completely fake smile about every 4 minutes. Creeped me out! Hatton ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:264578 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
