Hillary Clinton's Campaign is running a master class right now. Pay attention #DemStorm
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Makes the Obama '08 playoffs run even more impressive...knocking off the overall #1 seed as a young'n
What do you feel are Obama's best speeches?
Also, what do you think of George W. Bush's oratory skills?
how old are you?
There was literally not a day where the news wasn't making fun of bush for doing/saying/acting stupid.
That has never happened even once with Obama.
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@Dave24 Bush wasn't bad, he was inconsistent (sometimes awful) but he had his moments. He was also relatable. That's clearly the reason why Gore didn't wash him. Gore is like a damn robot up there, a smart guy but fukk, he can bore you to tears. These people especially those who aren't educated, slow white folk like this idea that the president is a guy "you could have a beer with"
That was Bush
That was Bush
NZA
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there is a difference between a weak campaign and a weak candidate...
but i agree this is not a masterclass because trump is so pathetic that anybody could do this to him
Self_Born7
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Those two speeches I posted many said they were great pieces of oratory.
One of Jimmy Carter's speechwriters thought Bush's 1st Inaugural Address was one of the best Inaugurals he ever heard.
Also, why are you mentioning Obama? I never said Bush was the better orator than Obama.
Trill underestimated the half breed. Plus half his campaign were ex Winton operatives. They knew the tricks
Domingo Halliburton
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...lol forget it
Barry might have been the cleanest candidate of this era
He had to be.
Only blemish was the drug use and he got out in front of that with his memoir. I don't remember anybody even mentioning it during the campaign.
He pretty clearly is it's not even close.
Who you consider to be the "greatest orator of our age" depends on what "our age" means. But whatever your timeline, the measure of an effective political orator is whether they can achieve their political objectives by unifying the country through the strength of their oratory. By that standard, Barack Obama fails completely. The country is more divided than ever, despite his speeches. In fact, some of his speeches have contributed to the division, like his "cling to guns and bibles" gaffe.
He also doesn't really have any truly "iconic" presidential speeches that will go on to define his actual presidency. To date, his undisputed best work (and the speech people will probably remember him by) is the 2004 DNC keynote speech. That's the speech where he gave this famous line, "There is not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America — there's the United States of America." That's the also the speech that introduced the phrase "The audacity of hope" to the United States. But he wasn't president when he made that speech and he hasn't topped it since.
None of his speeches about shootings will stand out because there have been too many. And there are no parts of the Bin Laden speech that really stand out either.
He doesn't have a "Tear down this wall!" speech like Reagan. He doesn't have a "We choose to go to the moon" speech like JFK.
Is better than Bill? Maybe. Bill had a totally different style of speaking--a "folksier" vibe, if you will. But greatest orator of our time? Nope. Not by a long shot. We haven't seen the greatest orator of our time yet.
Fair enough good thoughts. I honestly don't know and was just asking.
And, I think this is Obama's best speech.
Obama’s Grace
In your opinion, who are the top 5-10 U.S. Presidential orators of all time? In order from best to worst.