Wasn't Slick Willy elected before him solely for his BS/speaking ability? Obama would have conned the masses no matter who he was up against.
On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 12:10 PM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 4, 2009 at 1:54 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I still think that the traits that got him elected, his ability to >> speak, > > > His ability to speak clearly was magnified by the current president's > inability to do so. Think about it, the ability to be a slick speaker was > almost a GIVEN before George Bush...ALL politicians were slick speakers. But > now, after Bush, suddenly, what was once common, now seems gloriously > refreshing! > > It's amazing. > > to articulate grand ideas and visions and help make them >> concrete for people, > > > His grand ideas and visions were mostly pie in the sky.....there wasn't > really a lot of concrete underneath them. But we didn't care. Because of > where we were as a country, "pie in the sky" was exactly what we wanted to > hear......thanks to the most un "pie in the sky" prez in recent memory. > > >> his ability to organize and mobilize large >> numbers of people, > > > A large number of people who had already been united in their > dislike/distrust of Bush...all they needed was a leader.........enter Obama. > > >> essentially his leadership would have given him a >> serious run for President at some point in his career. Bush was just >> the motivator for the time being now. Way to seize the moment. > > > I certainly agree, Obama has a LOT going for him without Bush's or anyone > else's help....but only George Bush had the power to turn Obama's one true > weakness....experience....into an asset. And that put him over the top. > > Obama is not elected president in 2008 without GWB....maybe in 2016, but > it's more of a longshot at that point. > > -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:287399 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
