Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Flip Obama Treatment [Kathryn Jean Lopez]
I have MSNBC on and I'm not listening to Barack Obama's Jordan press conference. Which is the point of this post.
I'm not proud, but the truth is, he is so not-impressive off-script that you easily forget that this is SOMETHING BIG you're watching. He's umming and throat-clearing and looking and sounding out of his league. Which is what he is, of course. But we don't always see the reality for what it is, because he can deliver a good speech and work a crowd. I may not be listening, but I'm appreciating the clarifying moment.
McCain may not rally a crowd, but there's there there that could plausibly be commander-in-chief of a nation at war (really, we are, remember? It's not just over there.).
07/22 10:35 AM
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