tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377230810096355163.post9037230687853375842..comments2024-03-16T10:04:18.759-04:00Comments on Nonsensible Shoes: Uh oh. Rick Perry defending poor debate performance.Dean Lhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11066401247207928143noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377230810096355163.post-42992563937659796512011-09-25T00:10:18.051-04:002011-09-25T00:10:18.051-04:00Thanks Itchy (two words I never envisioned going t...Thanks Itchy (two words I never envisioned going together), glad you like the blog.<br /><br />I was playing up Obama's oratory 'skills' for the purpose of the point about media and how debates will be perceived. I posted a while ago that Obama was not the oratory equivalent of a Jesse Jackson (and nowhere near a Reagan). His skills have all been amplified by the press. He's a Dean Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11066401247207928143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377230810096355163.post-44929142218163928512011-09-24T14:47:30.297-04:002011-09-24T14:47:30.297-04:00I agree with you, I just thought you overstated Ob...I agree with you, I just thought you overstated Obama's actually oratory ability and not the fabricated one in your original post. It's not about being a polished debater as it is about being able to confront Obama on the issues without needing canned answers.<br /><br />The anti-Obama needs to be capable of being right on the issues, being able to articulate them, being willing to Itchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887006023820022783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377230810096355163.post-50474141313283283912011-09-24T10:44:11.488-04:002011-09-24T10:44:11.488-04:00I don't disagree with your point about him stu...I don't disagree with your point about him stuttering and stammering, and indeed getting things wrong like 57 states. The media covered for him and added to the misleading aura of greatness. But that's all part of the style over substance dynamic. They covered for his substance (content) and played up his style.<br /><br />When Palin hit the ticket, McCain, a weak candidate in his own Dean Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11066401247207928143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6377230810096355163.post-18836553525163199432011-09-24T09:53:37.840-04:002011-09-24T09:53:37.840-04:00"His substance was weak and we all knew it, b..."His substance was weak and we all knew it, but in the end, style created insurmountable momentum for him."<br /><br />Really his style? He stammers and stutters through answers. Every time he talks I think of this line "you put the wrong emPHAsis on the wrong syLLAble"<br /><br />How about being anointed by the media? <br /><br />A Republican was never going to win that Itchyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15887006023820022783noreply@blogger.com