PureFodder wrote:
lowing wrote:
Hmmmmmmmm, not many Obamamaniacs seem to be able to come running to his defense in this thread
Ability to speak fluently without a script isn't an overly important factor in a leader. Where the candidate stands in issues is.
Maybe people actually care more about the issues than the presentation?
Sure the issues are the foundation, but some of us take the presentation as part of the personality, which goes to character. Which is also important.
Look at how alienating Bush has been; I think it's in part his policies, but also in part his uncommunicative arrogance.
A couple years into the Iraq war it seemed like much of the country couldn't even understand why we were there. Some eloquence might have gone a long way in, if not justifying it, at least getting the message out about the reasoning.
Instead half of americans and much of the world now thinks we lie to start wars so we can make imperialist oil grabs and give fat gov't contracts to halliburton.
maybe not the best example, but I'm just trying to show how being articulate is important in a president.