Truly ambitious for America

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1. Tom Semmens 1

   28 July 2009 at 7:43 am

   “Writes his speeches” is what I am sure you meant.
   • Eddie 1.1

     28 July 2009 at 9:14 am

     damn, that’s what happens when you’re writing at midnight 🙂
2. psychotherapist 2

   28 July 2009 at 7:47 am

   He at least flicks off a few phrases to a speech writer to incorporate into a speech I’m sure, you know, to personalise the message.
   • Eddie 2.1

     28 July 2009 at 9:15 am

     No he writes them personally. First President in ages to do so.
     • Edosan 2.1.1

       28 July 2009 at 10:56 am

       He didn’t write his inauguration speech, that was written by a 27 year old in starbucks, remember that story? Overall though, I think he has a lot of input into them, and certainly wrote them completely toward the beginning of his campaign.
     • BK Drinkwater 2.1.2

       28 July 2009 at 4:18 pm

       This is really interesting, if it can be confirmed for certain (this generally takes a decade or so, until the Presidential Library is opened). The last President to write his own speeches was Reagan.

       Certainly his stump speech and inauguration were written by some wunderkind, but I’m willing to believe Obama writes a fair proportion of his stuff, and presumably only then sends it of to his comms team for censoring.
3. ConorJoe 3

   28 July 2009 at 7:47 am

   Is this the speech where he talks about kids gettin whupped by the neighbours or by mom and pop when they get home – if they are found wagging school? If they’re not hiding out playing playstation…
4. Jono 4

   28 July 2009 at 9:23 am

   What on earth are you on about? He doesn’t personally write all his speeches, hell his main speech writer is all of 21 or so. He’s a bit of a tool anyway.
   • Bright Red 4.1

     28 July 2009 at 11:27 am

     I saw them sayng he wrote this one at least
5. Shaun 5

   28 July 2009 at 9:24 am

   How refreshing it is to see such a charismatic leader. He will no doubt face very difficult challenges (like getting his healthcare plan through) but he will no doubt be one of the great leaders of our generation.
6. Quoth the Raven 6

   28 July 2009 at 10:28 am

   And when he finishes his speeches and is put on the spot by a question it is um um, long pause, um, um long pause, rhetoric….
   While people are looking back at the moon landing 40 years ago Obama is cutting NASA’s funding and increasing military spending. Yes, more military spending than Bush. Truly ambitious for America.
   • Bright Red 6.1

     28 July 2009 at 11:30 am

     Obama has cut a whole lot of military spending – F-22 is gone.

     Those pauses are him thinking before speaking. I welcome it.
     • Quoth the Raven 6.1.1

       28 July 2009 at 4:32 pm

       Military spending increased by 4%. Shows what Obama’s priorities are.
       You could just as easily say his frequent pauses and ums are due to his slow thinking. He is lost without a teleprompter.
       Should I stop questioning your messiah?
     • Quoth the Raven 6.1.2

       28 July 2009 at 4:33 pm

       Military spending increased by 4%. Shows what Obama’s priorities are?
       You could just as easily say his frequent pauses and ums are due to his slow thinking. He is lost without a teleprompter.
       Should I stop questioning your messiah?

       I had to redo this my comment disappeared into the ether.
7. T 7

   28 July 2009 at 6:21 pm

   On the topic of speeches, what did everyone make of Gordon Brown’s speech at TED?

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