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By: Mark Lydon

Mark Lydon — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 15:30:43 +0000

This will surprise all but I have just recently discovered that his inaugural speech was read from a teleprompter. For some reason I thought it was from memory. But then I realized that every other past president had notes so I started wondering. It was a good speech but not anything historic along the lines of JFK or FDR. But it definitely had its strong points. Indeed, Reagan was a msterful speaker too. Great physical gestures.

By: christopher molineux

christopher molineux — Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:59:10 +0000

If you want to see some constructive analysis on the inauguration speech there’s a pretty good piece at: http://psworkbench.blogspot.com/ called “5 reasons why you shouldn’t speak like Barack Obama”

By: faithmills

faithmills — Fri, 27 Feb 2009 04:17:37 +0000

I have been critical of Obama’s teleprompting cadence as I am a professor of public communications, he never makes eye contact with the audience from the podium. Once he is off script he proceeds to hang his head looking for an answer. Too long responses with exposition dialogue and too many topics. If the question is stimulus package, how did he end up with healthcare, jobs, commerce, the census, Alaskan pipeline, Stevie Wonder, his children’s school, and more..!!

By: TJ Walker

TJ Walker — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 16:13:50 +0000

Hi Richard,

Interesting perspective–I’m usually accused of being too pro-Obama. I hope you can watch some of my new video on how to speak like Obama. I’d love your feedback–tj

By: RICHARD G

RICHARD G — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:28:51 +0000

It’s true that Mr.OBAMA/PRESIDENT,speech is not flawless, neither is your instructions on how to become a great speaker. the closes you have come to not sounding like you are not a gimmic to promote your product is allowing the person that corrected the President, words that were gramatically incorrect is a true analysis based on the English spoken word. Remember this is a Black president a Black man and words have conotation/denotions meaning as well as slang, to relate to the world.the camera is what made the speech look fake. The President/MR.Obama was perfect in following the rules of public speaking,according to the experts and he is a expert at public speaking.

By: S.Tanaka

S.Tanaka — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 07:28:23 +0000

Referring back to my January 29th blog, I made two typos.
(1)I mistakenly ommitted “find” in “whether it helps families jobs at a decent wage” (Obama’s original version was “whether it helps families find jobs at a decent wage.”
(2) The word “fail” in “it is ultimately the fail” should be replaced by “faith.”

By: S.Tanaka

S.Tanaka — Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:15:40 +0000

Going over the transcript, I noticed even Barak Obama’s cultured, superb Inaugural speech is not immune to grammatical “errors,” which includes:

1. It has not been the path for the faint-hearted ….. Rather, it has been the risk-takers, the doers, the makers of things. (should be “Rather, it has been the path for the risk-takers, ..?.
2. It is the kindness to take in a stranger when the levees break, the selflessness of workers who would rather cut their hours than see a friend lose their job…(should be “see a friend lose his/her job” a permissible?)
3. The question we ask today is not whether it works–whether it helps families jobs at a decent wage, care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified.(What should be the verb for “care they can afford, a retirement that is dignified”? “helps families find care they can afford, find a retirement that is dignified”?)
4. For as much as government can do and must do, it is ultimately the fail and determination of the American people, upon which this nation relies. (Understandable, but the use of “For as much as (Forasmuch as?)does not seem to fit here (or does it?)

Aside from these grammatical “uncomfortables”, the ending part of his speech goes: “At a moment when the outcome of our revolution was most in doubt, the father of our nation ordered these words be read to the people: ‘Let it be told to the future world…that in the depth of winter, when nothing but hope and virtue could survive… that the city and the country, alarmed at one common danger, came forth to meet it.’”
Contextually, the father of our nation refers to George Washington in Valley Forge, and that “these words” in “these words be read” might naturally be taken by Washington’s words. But in fact, I think it comes from Tomas Pain’s American Crisis. Here I experienced some referential problems.

By: nick morgan

nick morgan — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:49:49 +0000

Great point about Obama’s use of the TelePrompter. It’s a skill that politicians and businesspeople have to master when they rise high enough to get the miserable things. TelePrompters make bad speakers average, because they get speakers’ heads up from their notes, and they give the appearance of making eye contact. But when you get to Obama’s level, then you need to do more than just the ‘tennis match’ effect of left-right-left-right eye and head motion. Obama should study President Reagan’s speeches; he was a master at moving his head more naturally, lagging the eye movement, and generally looking like he was conversing with the audience. His conversational content helped, too; Obama’s rhetoric for the inaugural was a little too formal.

By: S.Tanaka

S.Tanaka — Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:26:28 +0000

I was impressed by Obama’s speech from the beginning to the end. He started off his speech with “My fellow citizens,” instead of more common “My fellow Americans.” This “My fellow citizens” well accords with the line “This is the price and the promise of citizenship.” Then he says, “I stand here today, humbled by the task before us, grateful for the trust you have bestowed, mindful of the sacrifices borne by our ancestors.” Probably, the word “humbled” has never been used by 43 U.S. presidents. It may carry a negative connotation to many Americans, but I think it is an appropriate choice when I take into consideration the enormous scale of the task he has to handle as a realist.
He stood there not only “humbled”,but also “grateful” and “mindful.” As regards sound bites in his speech, I think his phrasing “we must pick ourselves up, dust ourselves off, and begin again the work of remaking America” is definitely one of his punch lines. This phrase has reminded me of the musical Swing Time (1936), of which the lyrics goes: “Nothing’s impossible, I have found. For when my chin is on the ground, I pick myself up, dust myself off, start all over again.” 1936 was still amidst the Great Depression. I think it’s a nice choice.

By: Beryl Comar

Beryl Comar — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 06:34:32 +0000

Regarding sound bites – I wondered why Obama didn’t use his rally call “yes we can” would it have been a great chance to reinforce optimism once more during this time of change. And would this have been considered a “sound bite”?

By: Karen Cohen

Karen Cohen — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 19:29:23 +0000

I disagree with Kiara, I do not think this a speech that could have been given by any politician. It may seem that way from some elements of what is on the surface, but a closer inspection of the content of the speech seemed quite different to me. We cannot forget that the man is a politician, bound to certain realities of performing that job successfully, and also leader to all Americans, many of which did not vote for him.

I think he did a masterful job of balancing leading us forward in a new direction breaking from the past and communicating a level of familiarity and “sameness” to help create a feeling of security and comfort to those that may be experiencing fear of change. And of course, he will never be able to please everyone…

By: Larry Hulle

Larry Hulle — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:18:55 +0000

TJ Walker, “Don’t laugh, conservative opponents tried to have Obama disqualified by claiming he couldn’t prove he was a natural born citizen and fought it all the way to the Supreme Court.)” Do you think it is a minor point that the President of the US actually be a US citizen?? Why did he hide or not provide proof of his US citizenship?? If he had done so in a proper manner this would not have been an issue at all!!

By: Carla

Carla — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 14:12:03 +0000

T.J.

In less than 20 minutes, President Obama, touched on a myriad of topics and issues most of us share. He addressed absentee parents and agnostics, Muslims and military readiness, careless spending to costly health-care, greed and God, founding fathers and foes or our nation . . . The list exceeds my alliterative capabilities.
It was concise, comprehensive and commanding.
Upon hearing it the first time, I expressed some disappointment in that it lacked an catch phrase, but the state of our society requires more than rhetoric. Upon listening again, I appreciate the skill necessary to craft such an address. I choose to be optimistic that as Mr. Obama’s “fellow citizens” we are up to his challenge