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Obama’s speeches all kinda sorta sound the same, huh?
Tout what he’s already done. Say the public’s in his corner. Demand Congress do something. Lament Washington dysfunction. Lay out his own plan. Avoid details. Urge voters to keep up the pressure. Warn it won’t be easy. Bask in the applause.
It’s the fill-in-the-blank approach to selling a presidential agenda: same template, just adjusted for the topic.
But the White House is betting this particular formula will help push Obama’s ideas through, against a resistant Republican House and a skittish Democratic caucus in the Senate.
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cowbellpoll-tested flim-fapforest on February 6, 2013 at 8:04 PM
Wow, that Politico is almost as sharp as O’Rielly.
Bmore on February 6, 2013 at 8:09 PM
So did Stalin’s… yet the Soviet press and the NY Times were always there to pimp for him anyway. Nothing’s changed.
viking01 on February 6, 2013 at 8:12 PM
This kind of sums it up – especially the screaming part!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-ceg763Voc
wubu on February 6, 2013 at 8:14 PM
test
APACHEWHOKNOWS on February 6, 2013 at 8:15 PM
How about we do it our way this time.
Use Facts:
1. Obama got the Pandering Telaprompter Going on.
2. Obama did/does know commie William Ayers, bad bombing Commie.
3. Obama’s father nerdowell commie.
4. Obama’s mother foot loose odd commie.
5. Obama’s Democrat Party is just about full commie.
6. Obama’s wife lust for her some commie.
7. Obama whispers sweet things in the ears of Russian thug commies.
8. Obama found every last commie Prof. he could to learn more.
9. Obama likes to spread our wealth around the commie way.
10. Obama is just re-telapromptering the commie things he learned so well at the feet of all the commies he could
APACHEWHOKNOWS on February 6, 2013 at 8:23 PM
Despite all the gushing on the left about how “brilliant” Obama is, he just isn’t all that smart.
He can’t think on his feet, and he can’t succinctly and convincingly voice his positions. That’s why he doesn’t do many press conferences, and why he ends up taking ten minutes to answer each question when he does. Why he insists on being interviewed by obvious media fans like Mr. Softball Steve Kroft.
And then there is his overreliance on a teleprompter, and his pathetic performance in the first debate.
Let me be clear…he’s a man of average ability, regardless of what Chris Matthews thinks.
Meredith on February 6, 2013 at 8:26 PM
Yo, adm.
The blog is fubr’ed but good.
This post if it does appear shows me that it will be first, when in fact its about 10th.
Lots of odd goings on.
The ones of China got you hacked?
APACHEWHOKNOWS on February 6, 2013 at 8:31 PM
He forgot the “Harrumph’s”!!!
http://youtu.be/JN99jshaQbY
Goody2Shoes on February 6, 2013 at 8:41 PM
O’s prime speechwriter has resigned and is heading to Hollywood (in order to further his own career in flimflam. I’m sure that he left the boilerplate speech format behind on one of the disks.
onlineanalyst on February 6, 2013 at 8:43 PM
Barky has big ideas, oh yes he does, the problem is that if he actually told us what they were we would rise up in our millions and drag every member of the administration from office by their hair.
Bishop on February 6, 2013 at 8:53 PM
This may be a bigger story than it at first appears. Favreau was TOTUS and TOTUS is Obama. What happens when Favreau disappears?
petefrt on February 6, 2013 at 9:12 PM
I’m so sick of hearing about what a great speaker Obama is. I was on the debate team in junior high and I can’t think of one kid on the team that wouldn’t have made him look like a fool in 30 seconds – and there were more than a few dumbasses in there. In JUNIOR HIGH. Why people can’t see through the hype and realize that Obama is a mental weakling is beyond me.
At least he’s consistent. You know he’s about to tell a gigantic lie when he starts with “Let me be clear…” and you know he’s about to use a silly strawman argument with absolutely no merit when he starts with “There are those who say…”.
All that said, I haven’t listened to an Obama speech for a couple years. He’s been giving the same one for at least four, and his condescending, arrogant, smug voice makes me want to stock up on AR-15′s.
baldylox on February 6, 2013 at 10:17 PM
The Barak Obama Do It Yourself Speech Kit:
Preamble: this must consist of varying portions or iterations of the following; [Place in any order you choose]
“Folks are hurtin’.” [This must be said with feeling, to show caring.]
“We have to invest in the future.” [Translation; Spend Spend Spend!]
“We need a balanced approach.” [Remember, this means Tax Increases so make it sound reasonalbe.]
“My hope and expectation is that we can put country before party and get something done for the American people.”
[This is the crux of the speech, this is where it is emphasized that any disagreement is tantamount to Treason.]
[At this point it is important to have an agenda list that will consist of proposals. Use the following skeleton to introduce each of the agenda items.]
— Obama Introduce a Subject on the Agenda —
“Some would say…” [Insert here a quotation of something No One ever says.]
“let me be perfectly clear…” [This is the place for obfuscation about the subject and any position regarding the subject.]
“We cannot simply just…” [This is where you mention something that would be the exact solution to the problem and the American People know it, i.e. "we cannot simply just drill for all the oil we need."]
“make no mistake about…” [Here is where the Exact Opposite of any of the things which are to take place are stated.]
“I reject the false choice that some would…” [Again, reiterate quotations that No One has ever said followed by Him vs. an idiotic extrapolation of any Republican position.]
“I have ordered my team to…” [Doesn't matter what actions you fill in here, they aren't going to do it.]
— Repeat as needed for new subjects —
Then, in closing you must include a reference to the Bush Administration and “The Failed Policies of the Past.” that we cannot go back to.
jaydee_007 on February 7, 2013 at 5:10 AM