TRY TO THINK OF ONE THING HE SAID THAT NIGHT:

Fallen off Olympus, Obama stammers (Charles Hurt, 8/10/11, The Washington Times)

The most shocking thing about President Obama's political implosion from bright supernova to deadened black hole has been the complete undoing of his ability to speak.

Remember when he was famous for speaking? Voters by the tens of thousands would gather for hours in the rain to hear him speak.

More than 80,000 people streamed into the Denver Broncos arena to hear Mr. Obama deliver his nomination-acceptance speech. Standing on the tippy-top of Mile High Stadium, you could see lines of people snaking in from miles away. It looked like something from Roman times.

And he did not disappoint.

Except that even his most devoted water carriers on the Left acknowledged that the convention speech fell flat, as did the Inaugural, as did the Berlin speech, which left Europe mystified as to why he had a reputation as a good speaker. Of course, those were all improvements on his Reverend Wright debacle, where he was forced to give a series of clarifications and follow-up talks, including absolving his own grandmother of racism. The notion of his being a capable speaker was always just a matter of the soft bigotry of low expectations.

Posted by oj at September 19, 2011 6:20 AM
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