Comments on: Righties Just Provide Comedy Now

By: Repack Rider

Repack Rider — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:01:17 +0000

Obama has obviously been coached to good effect about the speech patterns.

Apparently McCain’s shiftiness and condescension cannot be coached away.

By: bryan

bryan — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:49:12 +0000

The chuckle could be as devestating as “There you go again” was for the Reagan debate. I did however enjoy McCain’s comment about what he saw in Putin’s eyes “Three letters K,G and B”.

By: Steve LaBonne

Steve LaBonne — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:05:09 +0000

But maybe a public chuckle was/is the best response.

I seriously think it really is. Those chuckles are a lethal weapon. A guy so calm and secure that he can just laugh off McCain’s bullshit in a relaxed way is exactly the kind of leader that a lot of scared people are looking for right now. There’s more than enough drama in the news, they don’t want any in the White House adding to it.

By: tully monster

tully monster — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:42:26 +0000

Actually, there was a *lot* less “um” and “uh” in Obama’s speech Friday night, and having cringed through a lot of it in the Illinois debates in 2004, I was listening for it. Nope, he’s mostly kicked that habit. Ums may be the result of thinking before you speak, but they can get really, really annoying really fast, even if he’s your guy.

By: Nimrod Gently

Nimrod Gently — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:25:34 +0000

The ums represent thinking before you speak. No-one wants a president who thinks before he acts, becauharihjndhdfn

By: anotherbozo

anotherbozo — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:01:52 +0000

“…a disguise for his radical liberalism and part of his plan to take over the world.”

Yeah, how do you reply to the incantation that Obama’s the “most left-wing radical Democrat in the Senate?” or words to that effect. Like calling someone gay who isn’t. “I’m not, not that I’d be ashamed of it if I were?” Thought he coulda said “Dennis Kucinich, Barbara Boxer and Ted Kennedy might have something to say about that.”

But maybe a public chuckle was/is the best response.

By: Dr. Squid

Dr. Squid — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:26:58 +0000

I’ve had to listen to a lot of his audio in the last four years and he has far more stammers than people assume.

That’s what happens when the state of Florida nicks your Oxycontin supply.

By: Parthenon

Parthenon — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 08:57:58 +0000

After eight years of defending George W. Bush, conservatives want to make a big deal out of Obama’s way of speaking?

And Sen. Kerry’s wealth was a big deal, but Sen. McCain’s isn’t.

And Sen. McCain’s military service is important, but VP Gore’s and Sen. Kerry’s wasn’t.

And Sen. Kerry’s “flip-flops” were important, but Sen. McCain suddenly and consciously dropping the ‘center’ from ‘center-right’ is not only no big deal, it’s all the better.

And Sen. Biden is too experienced, but Sen. McCain is not. Sen. Obama is too inexperienced, but Gov. Palin is not.

And it’s a Very Bad Idea when Sen. Obama wants to open diplomatic lines with Iran, but it’s generally ignored when the current white house attempts the same.

And… well, yeah. There’s a bit of a pattern.

By: jojo

jojo — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 04:54:12 +0000

So you’re saying God is taking back some of the “talent” He has loaned Rush?

By: C.S.Strowbridge

C.S.Strowbridge — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:35:08 +0000

There’s stuttering and stammering because you don’t know what you are talking about, and then there’s pausing because you want to be thoughtful in your choice of words.

Obama is the latter.

By: Quaker in a Basement

Quaker in a Basement — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:32:28 +0000

Good grief.

After eight years of defending George W. Bush, conservatives want to make a big deal out of Obama’s way of speaking?

These people have no capacity for embarrassment.

By: jr

jr — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 03:18:19 +0000

black helicopterdom always in fashion on republican runways