Just Words? Obama Speeches "Discuss Policy As Much As Opponents"

[JimGinPA]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/chi-obama-speeches-analyzed-feb24,1,3150697.story

Barack Obama: Analyzing his stump speeches
Yes they are filled with platitudes, but they discuss policy as much as his opponents' speeches do

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For a speaker who is best known for his lofty and airy rhetoric, it's an ironic reality that Obama's public appearances very often turn into drawn-out dissertations.

In fact, read side-by-side with the other candidates' current stump speeches, the Obama script makes at least as many references to policy proposals as do theirs.

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In San Antonio, where Obama delivered a typical version of his current stump speech, his address veered at one point into a two-minute description of his health-care plan. He mentioned the age cut-off for children on their parents' plans, the estimated cost reduction of premiums for those with private health insurance and a time frame for implementation.

He outlined the high points of his energy plan with numbers and industry jargon, calling for strict caps on greenhouse emissions, increases in car fuel-efficiency standards to 40 miles per gallon and creation of green-collar jobs, right down to those working on "cellulosic ethanol."

He ticked off the dollar figures he says working families and senior citizens could save with his economic plan, and promised to raise the minimum wage yearly to keep pace with inflation.

[Neshanic]

1. And no mention of this, from either.

http://www.blownmortgage.com/

[bluestateguy]

2. And the thing is, if you discuss policy too much, then they say you are rigid and boring

Remember Al Gore's much mocked "lockbox" in 2000? It was actually a serious policy idea that became a punchline for late night TV hosts.

[JimGinPA]

3. Yeah, And The Chimp & His Cronies Have Sure Raided SS As He Warned

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[democrattotheend]

4. K&R

Thanks for posting this. It seems like Obama has been talking a lot more specifics lately, but it seems to be falling on deaf ears, as the media keeps repeating the "where's the beef?" meme.

I still want to know why Stephanie Tubbs Jones was not challenged to name Clinton's legislative accomplishments. I doubt she would have been able to. I know I can't.