John McCain, orator

Michael Balter 6/08/2008 04:11:00 AM Politics


It is amusing to see even conservative commentators having to admit that McCain's oratorical powers are minimal. Sometimes that is a symptom of having nothing new to say. This video montage was put together by the folks at Talking Points Memo.

News Update: The BBC reports that one of its journalists in Afghanistan, Abdul Samad Rohani, has been found shot dead after being abducted Saturday. Without the incredible courage of journalists serving in Afghanistan and Iraq, citizens all over the world would be completely in the dark about the wars in those two countries--which is just what the Bush administration, and at times the British government as well, has tried to achieve the past several years. The BBC report adds:

It was the second death of a BBC journalist over the weekend.

Gunmen in Kismayo, southern Somalia, killed Nasteh Dahir, who worked for the BBC and the Associated Press news agency, on Saturday.
Michael Balter

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I have been a working journalist for more than 40 years, beginning in Los Angeles as an investigative reporter and then in Paris as a travel, food, and science writer. For more than 20 years I have covered anthropology and archaeology writer for Science, Audubon, Scientific American, SAPIENS, and other publications. I have also covered sexual misconduct for The Verge, Scientific American, and others; I write about mental health, especially schizophrenia; and I engage in occasional media criticism. I returned to the USA in October 2017 after 30 years in Paris, and now live in the New York City area, where I currently teach journalism at City College of New York (I previously taught journalism at Boston University and New York University.) For more about me and what I do, copies of my articles, information about my book, and other goodies, please visit MY WEB SITE

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Anonymous said…
Michael, it WAS a lousy speech. On the other hand, Bush is also a lousy speaker and beat both excellent speakers Gore and Kerry.

Pretty good speaker Eisenhower beat Stevenson who was a gifted speaker. and LBJ who was mediocre at best beat Goldwater who could charm scales off of a rattlesnake.
June 8, 2008 at 5:41 PM
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