Posted by
Harvey on Monday, September 01, 2008 9:53:36 AM
When I was in my early 20s, a older man I worked with told me something I've always remembered, because what he told me is so true. I've observed his wisdom to be never-failing.
He said, "Harvey, if you'll learn to speak well, people will always give you credit for being smarter than you really are."
How many times have you seen this demonstrated? People with good ideas who can't express them clearly come across as ineffective, if not competent, while people with bad ideas who express their ideas clearly and passionately--even ideas without merit--attract people to their side and are perceived to be extremely intelligent.
Great speaking ability, however, is a two-edged sword. It is a dangerous thing for people who don't think for themselves. These unfortunate souls are soft puddy in the hands of a gifted speaker. A person with excellent speaking ability can make an unsuspecting audience fall for any screwball idea, because they present their case with such clarity, such passion, such believability. A person with lousy ideas, even dangerous ideas, can easily mislead people.
Barack Hussein Obama is such a person. When aided by a TelePrompter, Obama can charm white off rice. He is a gifted speaker and communicator when he has time to prepare, or when somebody writes a good speech for him. But his ideas don't stand up under close scrutiny. That's why he comes across as a stumbling, fumbling fool when he has to speak off-the-cuff.
That's when his true beliefs are exposed. That's why he often expresses conflicting beliefs and ideas. Obama tailors his prepared remarks to fit his audience. But when he is forced to speak without his TelePrompter, he says what he really thinks. Worse still, if he hasn't thought it out, he wings it, and makes it up as he goes along. That's why he answers a simple yes-or-no question with paragraphs of pure babble. He then can't remember what he really believes, because he doesn't have the time to know what his audience believes.
So if you're really concerned about what Obama believes, not what he says, examine his high-sounding rhetoric. What he promises isn't what he can deliver. His ideas are either unworkable, too expensive to be practical, or simply unacceptable in a free country like The United States of America.
Our government cannot solve all the world's ills. It can't solve all our country's problems either. And it cannot solve problems for an individual who has the personal obligation to solve his own problems. As Thomas Jefferson observed, a government strong enough to give you everything you want, is also strong enough to take everything you have.
American's need to remember this great truth on election day. Our freedom may depend on it.