Friday, June 24, 2011

Why Is the World's Best Orator So Unpersuasive?

James Taranto, WSJ
Not that anybody's asking, but no, we didn't watch President Obama's speech last night announcing his latest recalibration of his Afghanistan policy to adapt to the changing conditions of the 2012 electoral battlefield. It's been a long time since we found this president's speeches worth staying home to see.To judge by the reviews we've read, last night's performance was a political failure, precisely because it was so transparently political. Obama didn't go nearly far enough to satisfy the isolationists who want a complete pullout yesterday, but...

Source: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/2011/06/24/why_is_the_world039s_best_orator_so_unpersuasive_258108.html

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