"... and really do the work of convincing people that that's the right position -- if you take your great oratorical skills and just keep repeating 'I'm a uniter, not a divider,' plus several boilerplate predictions that are totally poll-driven -- you look like an empty suit!"
Said Bob Wright about Barack Obama, a couple months ago:
That clip is highlighted in Part 2 of Jac's "How Obama lost me," under the heading "As much as I hate to admit it, there's a lot of truth to the 'He's all about speeches, not ideas' critique," which is #7 on a to-be-continued list that now has 8 items. (Excellent items, in my view, which is biased, Jac being my son.)
UPDATE: Here's Part 3.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
"If you are a great orator ... and you don't use your skills to surprise people or stake out a position that's a little risky..."
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