Obama Delivers Speech to his Base - image Mother Jones
It’s all in the delivery, those who make speeches for a living, practice and hope that they can effectively persuade the target audience, the cadence must be perfect, from one’s stance, to one’s appearance and specifically facial expressions all come into play, to form – the perfect speech. In the case of the politician who is attempting to sway a wide demographic, one also must insure that one’s writer has the ability do the same – write a speech that will resound with almost everyone in the audience, an impossible task – perhaps. Watching CBS network (Bob Schieffer, and his fellow White House Cheerleaders, noted that the President was hoping to win over the average, and that Obama was “frustrated” that nothing was getting done to raise the debt ceiling. Unfortunately, John Boehner was “batted clean-up” – literally.
From the New York Daily News: ”Professor Obama lectures on debt crisis: He has many ideas, but no answers”> - e tu’ New York Daily News? Alternately, from the Sacramento Bee Speaker Boehner Gave the Best Speech of His Political Career” (via PR News Wire).
The preceding are two opinions of two very different speeches, both of which were political in nature, one of which came across as sincere, the other as a stump speech for a campaign, one which, used the “tax the rich” class warfare, blame Bush, ad nausea and of course, just the random “Republican” thrown in for good measure – it was, in a word, a typical Obama Campaign speech, which, although intended for general consumption, was embraced by those whose ideology is in sync with the President: the average American Press, possibly University Professors, Professional Union leaders (those that actually go to university for a degree on Labor Relation), and the rank and file “progressives”.
Boehner Delivers Strong, Take-No-Prisoners, Speech - image CBS News
Boehner, on the other hand, appeared to appeal to a broad spectrum, the only comparison that comes to mind: Mr. Rogers (of Mr. Rogers Neighborhood) talks tough to the bullies and assure the neighborhood, he’ll watch out for each and every one of those living in that Neighborhood – the United States of America.
To any moderate, and that makes up the majority of the voters: Republican, Democrat and Unenrolleds, along with a few Tea Party Members who are from all of the aforementioned parties, Boehner was the Voice of Reason, while Obama was in campaign mode. To Borrow from the Great Aretha Franklin: Who’s Zooming Who here? – The answer is obvious to anyone who reads the speeches and watches the delivery.
(The balance of the Tea Party, it should be noted, is still balking at any debt ceiling raise, and the media noting same for future use against anyone running for President in 2012 in order to point out that “affiliation” with what the media terms as “crazy”, while others might note – It’s what each of those Tea Party Congressional Members were sent to Congress to do – Stop Spending – and they took it literally! – How insane for an elected official to stand firm on a promise! – It simply isn’t done!)
Disclaimer: This blogger is a Conservative, and as such, tends to appreciate a good conservative speech, however, on the other hand, it is difficult to make a purse out of a sows ear under any circumstances, and being highly critical, watch each political speech or debate with an eye towards finding fault, whether it be delivery, the speech itself, (or the answer to a debate question), and of course, how that individual’s overall appearance affects the message they are attempting to deliver. Is one’s eye twitching, is one crying uncontrollably, is one wringing one’s hands behind one’s back – glancing to fast left to right – hair out of place, tie askew – in a word, Conservatives tend to pick apart their leaders before the American Press does, and what is evident is that the Press will, regardless of the fact that a Republican, Conservative, or Tea Party Member just saved a family of four from a burning building, or if that individual delivered the speech of a lifetime, perfect in pitch, tone, content and delivery, al-la Boehner. Boehner again, came across as a leader for those American’s who feel the need to be reassured that someone has “their back” in this “next crisis” from the White House, while President Obama, spoke to his base, and went into campaign mode, and did so with less confidence than the Speaker. In addition, this blogger is not the biggest fan of the Speaker at times, feeling that the compromise of December (the last rise in the Debt Ceiling) handed to the President, the very few cuts if any into the ridiculous discretionary spending that Congress uses as a political tool, rather than a necessity, was not a plus for the Speaker. That said, again, this was the most effective speech delivered by a Speaker of the House in Prime Time in my forty year career of watching political banter, as a Democrat, as an Independent, as a Republican, and now as a Conservative (i.e. Party affiliation on fence – like most voters, looking individually at all politicians)
Text of President Obama's Speech
Text of Speaker Boehner's Speech
President Obama’s Speech - the Video
Boehner’s Speech - the Video
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