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Jul 22, 2008, 01:51 PM
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| | | WHY does Obama say uh so much
Obama Says "Uhh" 144 Times in Eleven Minutes during Press Conference - Video Link 6/16/08
His past uh, uh, um, uh's were nothing compared to lately.
...and to think how Bush was criticized for not being a good speaker!
Anyway I was listening to the radio today and they said he said uh um's for 7 1/2 minutes straight today. Which speech and where was that? I am assuming today in the mideast?
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Jul 22, 2008, 03:24 PM
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| He was pausing to think instead of just reading off a card what someone wrote for him to read. |
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Jul 22, 2008, 03:37 PM
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Jul 22, 2008, 04:00 PM
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| Uh, i'm not sure exactly why!!! Uh, perhaps he feels he needs to uh, bring himself down to the level of the average person who cant spell or speak correctly. Uh, why do you think he says uh um so much?
This is pathetic and stupid. Uh um!!!! | |
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Jul 22, 2008, 04:04 PM
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| I agree. I guess the only reason people find this worth even mentioning is the fact that he's an intelligent speaker, person, and will make a good leader. | |
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Jul 22, 2008, 04:14 PM
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| I've given rather lengthy talks in front of the public and sometimes when communicating you think of pertinent information you should share. Think of "uh" as the equivalent improper conjunction to "and." Saph, have you given two or three long speeches everyday concerning on a variety of national interests? It's not easy. Unlike McCain, who has problems pronouncing two syllable words on cue cards days in advance, Obama has the communications skills of one Ronald Reagan. That's certainly something our country has been sorely lacking for a long time. | |
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Jul 22, 2008, 04:16 PM
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| I wish we could give greenies in this section, cause you deserve one. I couldn't possibly agree more. | |
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Jul 22, 2008, 04:17 PM
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Originally Posted by N0help4u Obama Says "Uhh" 144 Times in Eleven Minutes during Press Conference - Video Link 6/16/08
His past uh, uh, um, uh's were nothing compared to lately.
...and to think how Bush was criticized for not being a good speaker!
Anyway I was listening to the radio today and they said he said uh um's for 7 1/2 minutes straight today. Which speech and where was that? I am assuming today in the mideast? | Afraid of flip-flopping yet again? Well, you have to remember that he might be scoping out the audience to see which way the wind is blowing that day in order to see how he will answer and just before he decides to say something, he may see someone whom his thoughts could possibly offend so he has to be always thinking about how to re-phrase, re-phrase, and yet re-phrase what he is going to say. But if he actually knew the answers to those questions, as someone who is truly presidential would, he would not be having such a hard time with all those problems stuttering. Wow, with all those uh and ums, by now I think his anemometer is on it's last leg!
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Jul 22, 2008, 04:18 PM
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| I don't about anyone else but after 8 years of people endlessly abusing Bush about tripping over his tongue, I find it amusing that people get upset at the slightest questioning of Obama's status as an intelligent/gifted/eloquent silver tongued master of communication when he utterly falls apart without his teleprompter and script.  | |
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Jul 22, 2008, 04:20 PM
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Originally Posted by BABRAM I've given rather lengthy talks in front of the public and sometimes communicating you think of pertinent information you should share. Think of "uh" as the equivalent improper conjunction to "and." Saph, have you given two or three long speeches everyday concerning on a variety of national interests? It's not easy. Unlike McCain, who has problems pronouncing two syllable words on cue cards days in advance, Obama has the communications skills of one Ronald Reagan. That's certainly something our country has been sorely lacking for a long time. | At least Ronnie could improvise. He also had much thicker skin and a sense of humor  | |
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