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maximusveritas

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Thu Jan-31-08 03:44 PM
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21. Yep. This is obviously BS

All you have to do is watch him at the editorial board meetings. There's a reason he's won the most newspaper endorsements. He does very well when speaking to small groups. It's only in the big debates that he gets nervous and stutters a bit especially when attacked.

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-Here’s my problem with Obama…please tell me I’m wrong	drmom	Jan-31-08 03:33 PM	#0
- I will support the candidate but I have another problem.	styersc	Jan-31-08 03:36 PM	#1
- It was for georgie. See how well that worked out?	Blue State Native	Jan-31-08 03:38 PM	#8
- That is total BS. I have heard him 8 times in SC and he never read a single word from anywhere.	elizm	Jan-31-08 03:36 PM	#2
- Yep. This is obviously BS	maximusveritas	Jan-31-08 03:44 PM	#21
- Yeah, you two have been to the same talks as the OP's...	joeybee12	Jan-31-08 04:28 PM	#41
- Why would he use these notecards in some talks and not others?	maximusveritas	Jan-31-08 04:50 PM	#44
- I've seen him speak numerous times over the last 8 years	Radical Activist	Jan-31-08 04:22 PM	#35
- That 20-something screenwriter he has writing his speeches deserves every penny he's paid!	MetricSystem	Jan-31-08 03:36 PM	#3
- Well, I would say that just because he uses note cards	cali	Jan-31-08 03:36 PM	#4
- But cali, politics isn't about policy...it's about style.	Kristi1696	Jan-31-08 03:39 PM	#12
- His style is amazing. n/t	Big Blue Marble	Jan-31-08 03:58 PM	#28
- I agree...	drmom	Jan-31-08 05:28 PM	#46
- What do you think the next four years will bring?	Jed Dilligan	Jan-31-08 03:37 PM	#5
- Except the oratory's only good when the screenwriter's involved	MetricSystem	Jan-31-08 03:38 PM	#9
- Obama's not going to win the nomination. After Super Tuesday, he'll be finished. Go with your gut.	in_cog_ni_to	Jan-31-08 03:37 PM	#6
- you're no oracle either	cali	Jan-31-08 03:42 PM	#
- My gut says "No" to Hillary...	JackintheGreen	Jan-31-08 03:48 PM	#23
- I guess it's over because YOU said so	Obama_for_our_future	Jan-31-08 04:24 PM	#38
- Did you watch the last debate?	dannofoot	Jan-31-08 03:38 PM	#7
- I see Obama as a serious, professorial type	LSparkle	Jan-31-08 03:39 PM	#10
- You're wrong	sandnsea	Jan-31-08 03:39 PM	#11
- He's not the greatest debater - luckily McCain isn't too great either.	kerry-is-my-prez	Jan-31-08 03:40 PM	#13
- His campaign is superb	Onlooker	Jan-31-08 03:40 PM	#14
- I believe you are wrong, he is very elequent	Levgreee	Jan-31-08 03:40 PM	#15
- Last summer he was likely still refining his position papers before he posted them.	blm	Jan-31-08 03:41 PM	#16
- Go with your gut...	BlackVelvet04	Jan-31-08 03:41 PM	#17
- Get a comfortable chair and watch toniight's debate	Tom Rinaldo	Jan-31-08 03:42 PM	#18
- Hillary is a much more knowledgable candidate.	REDFISHBLUEFISH	Jan-31-08 03:43 PM	#19
- Hillary knows the issues--she knows the details. I trust her.	rodeodance	Jan-31-08 04:22 PM	#34
- Personally, I think Hillary can run circles around Obama (as far	glowing	Jan-31-08 03:43 PM	#20
- Can you show me how Obama is a "DLC candidate"?	janeaustin	Jan-31-08 04:38 PM	#43
- You're not wrong.	BigDDem	Jan-31-08 03:46 PM	#22
- Link to video please. nt	elizm	Jan-31-08 03:56 PM	#27
- If having notecards disturbs you, oh well...I would just assume that	wienerdoggie	Jan-31-08 03:50 PM	#24
- You're wrong	frazzled	Jan-31-08 03:51 PM	#25
- He was the President of the Harvard Law Review	Big Blue Marble	Jan-31-08 03:55 PM	#26
- Absolutely amazing	Pigwidgeon	Jan-31-08 04:02 PM	#29
- Sorry	Tweed	Jan-31-08 04:24 PM	#36
- I don't hold the notecard thing against him	Pigwidgeon	Jan-31-08 10:54 PM	#49
- Shenanigans!	Tweed	Jan-31-08 04:14 PM	#30
- maybe if we donate enough	leftofthedial	Jan-31-08 04:16 PM	#31
- you're guessing he will win the nomination?? Have you seen the polls? Or the voting results?	_Wayne_	Jan-31-08 04:17 PM	#32
- I do not trust him.	rodeodance	Jan-31-08 04:20 PM	#33
- And for full disclosure, you stump for Hillary....	magatte	Jan-31-08 04:24 PM	#37
- The cards usually contain info germane to that audience.	TexasObserver	Jan-31-08 04:25 PM	#39
- Apparently people like his speeches (I dont) but they are all	joeybee12	Jan-31-08 04:26 PM	#40
- "Brilliant actor"? He's taken some public-speaking lessons as I'm	candice	Jan-31-08 04:36 PM	#42
- He is nothing but scripted.....	BooScout	Jan-31-08 04:54 PM	#45
- Thanks for all the thoughtful responses	drmom	Jan-31-08 05:50 PM	#47
- Watching the debate...not seeing any NOTECARDS. And you?? nt	elizm	Jan-31-08 07:20 PM	#48

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