“Well let me be absolutely clear. Israel is a strong friend of Israel’s,” he said, according to a transcript of the press conference.
I’m a mog: half man, half dog. I’m my own best friend.
Whatever. It’s not like it’s Czechslovakia.
More transcripts of Demosthenes:
OBAMA: Uh, uh, are, uh, uh, uh, um. That’s — that’s a bunch — so — so let me tick these off. Deh… Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, um, uh. So the issue is not a perception that, uh… Weh, weh, let me put it this way. Uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, uh, We’re — we’re trying to — you know, we’ve got a bipartisan group here and — and — and, uh, uh, uh, uh, um, uh, uh, uh.
UPDATE: In the comments, Slart says that Pam might be uh, um, uh, exaggerating a bit.
At the People’s Improv Theatre in Chelsea, men and women comics perform each week at the Naked Comedy Showcase.
American Religiosity: Clamming British Nerves
The God Strategy: How Religion Became a Political Weapon in America should help clam delicate British nerves, however. This isn’t because the authors are keen to reassure us that religion is a wholly benign force in US politics. We all know that it isn’t and, in any case, they are not interested in making such partisan judgements.
Man, I get all tingly just reading it.
Please let the transcript be true!
ohnoes. Baracky’s in the deep end again without his floaties.
He is profound.
Looking at the videos, that’s a huge exaggeration. Obama does a much better job at answering questions of that kind than McCain would. Certainly light-years better than Bush.
Methinks Pamela is reaching. Which is not unexpected, given that she latched on to the Obama’s-birth-certificate-forgery bit of nonsense.
Rush Limbaugh has 9 minutes of Baracky going um ah
I was unable to watch, so I can’t say (although I’ve found Pamela to be hysteric at times so I can give Slart a bit of an edge.) Politicians, talking off of the cuff, make mistakes. In the past – when we’re talking about Bush – this was always a sign of his profound stupidity yada yada yada. I personally don’t think it has a deeper meaning, but picking on Obama is a way of getting back. Of illustrating that it either means something, or it doesn’t . And if it doesn’t mean anything, than by default neither do the years of nitpicking Bush’s every verbal tick.
But, when Obama states asinine positions – not verbal switches, etc – than those, imho, do have meaning.
And, one more bit, this does show how much of the publics perception (of speaking ability) is based on how the MSM reports it. Bush is not a great speaker, but I don’t think he is as bad as is reported. And, Obama is a pretty good speaker (especially prepared remarks) but not as great as is reported.
Sure, but “um” isnt’ exactly orotund, is it?
Or, I can assume that it’s a rhetorical device, and call it “obostrophe,” and we can rename him Umbama.
O!bostrophe.
ISRAEL STANDS BEHIND ISRAEL!!!
O! (um)
After watching Barry go down in flames in the ABC debate, I think everyone who watched that knows he is completely fucked without a prompter or notecards.
To suggest otherwise is aaaaand so, um, uh uh uh dishonest.
Given the events of last week, I’m not even sure that that’s true.
I’m my own Grandpa.
JD thinks that JD is one helluva guy.
See, Baracky is only 2 degrees removed from being a sockpuppet.
The “Israel is a friend of Israel’s” bit is on the last video clip at Pamela’s site. It says it’s ten minutes long, but the quote is less than a minute in, I think.
It is, however, pretty clear what he meant. At least he didn’t mean anything stupid. That’s always a plus in a Presidential candidate.