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Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:29 am to Liberator
In my lifetime, 55 years
Regan
Clinton
Obama
Trump off the cuff he is great
Bush 2
Ford based on video i have seen
Bush 1
Carter based on videos I have seen
Biden
Historically
JFK and Teddy R would be high
Ike and Wilson would be low
Truman and Nixon kind of middle of the road
Regan
Clinton
Obama
Trump off the cuff he is great
Bush 2
Ford based on video i have seen
Bush 1
Carter based on videos I have seen
Biden
Historically
JFK and Teddy R would be high
Ike and Wilson would be low
Truman and Nixon kind of middle of the road
This post was edited on 5/15/24 at 12:19 pm
Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:29 am to momentoftruth87
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Obama isn’t a great speaker he just has enough confidence to get in front of a crowd.
Obama is pretty high up there on charismatic Presidents and Speakers. I remember watching him on Oprah in 2003, and I thought at the time that he was going to eventually be President.
Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:31 am to iBack8569
quote:Better than most. Not as good as Clinton.
Obama for sure
Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:33 am to bdavids09
Quantify the question with those who were actually able to do it without a teleprompter....like Barry Obama
Public reading is not the same as a public speaker, but I digress...
Public reading is not the same as a public speaker, but I digress...
Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:34 am to bdavids09
In my lifetime, I’d say Reagan and then Clinton, Obama have been the most gifted, natural public speakers.
Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:34 am to momentoftruth87
Obama - ummm, ah, ummm, ummm, ahhhh, ahhh, umm, mmmmm, ummm, going to transform the United States of America! It’s not God Bless America, umm, ummm, ummm, ahh, it’s God Damn America!
Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:35 am to iBack8569
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Obama for sure. Hated him and his policies, but he was a master orator even when speaking off the cuff.
Barry Soetero could not speak without a teleprompter. That was well known. Here is a link to a C-SPAN example. If you need more, there are hundreds.
People, People, Ha Ha Folks Are Sweating!!
Hey Big Mike, Do Not Forget My TELEPROMPTER!!
This post was edited on 5/15/24 at 11:41 am
Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:43 am to bdavids09
Obama was a trained public speaker
Reagan being an actor also was a great speaker
Clinton was not half bad
John Kennedy was excellent; excellent command
Nixon was very polished when delivering a speech
W was not a good public speaker
Trump came from a different world, so his public speaking skills were not honed.His biggest problem is that he tends to repeat some of his points as his brain catches up to his mouth. That's nothing more than a person who is not experienced giving a prepared speech
Biden is horrible as President. As a Senator in the 80s and 90s he was not half bad ....not great. I heard a speech he gave in the mid 70s and as a speaker he was not bad at all. Forceful and direct, good command.
Reagan being an actor also was a great speaker
Clinton was not half bad
John Kennedy was excellent; excellent command
Nixon was very polished when delivering a speech
W was not a good public speaker
Trump came from a different world, so his public speaking skills were not honed.His biggest problem is that he tends to repeat some of his points as his brain catches up to his mouth. That's nothing more than a person who is not experienced giving a prepared speech
Biden is horrible as President. As a Senator in the 80s and 90s he was not half bad ....not great. I heard a speech he gave in the mid 70s and as a speaker he was not bad at all. Forceful and direct, good command.
Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:48 am to bdavids09
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Obama, love him or hate him you have to admit he did have charisma.
Because of his charisma Obama had the ability to get his crowd to wholly buy into whatever he was selling. But more importantly than that he was able to convince large swaths of the country to agree with him when the policies he was telling them about were going to be detrimental to them if they were listening with their head and not their heart. That's a good speaker / salesman no matter how much I disagreed with the guy.
Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:48 am to TrueTiger
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Reagan was very very good.
As a former sports broadcaster and actor, Reagan was an excellent communicator, who was supported by an excellent speech writing staff.
I was 16 when the Challenger Space Shuttle exploded and I still remember how Pres. Reagan ended his speech describing how the Challenger crew had prepared for their journey, waved goodbye and "'slipped the surly bonds of this earth' to 'touch the face of God.'"
Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:51 am to bdavids09
Reagan and Clinton. Kennedy was pretty good too.
Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:51 am to BHTiger
I forgot about Jerry Ford. He had been minority leader for years in the House so he was very comfortable in speaking and being able speak unprepared.....same with Kennedy, he was incredibly smart and also had spent about 10 years in Congress giving speeches.
The more you do it, the better you tend to become whether prepared or extemporaneous.
The more you do it, the better you tend to become whether prepared or extemporaneous.
Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:52 am to iBack8569
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Obama for sure. Hated him and his policies, but he was a master orator even when speaking off the cuff.
Nah, dude sucks at public speaking. His staccato pace annoys the frick out of me as does his finger wagging professorial approach.
Also, he was really bad off the cuff.
LINK
Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:53 am to bdavids09
The greatest orator among presidential candidates was Wm. Jennings Bryant.
His style would seem a bit dramatic by today's standards but they were speaking before huge crowds with no video screen.
He was also famous for being heard by people in the back row of outdoor stadiums when microphones did not exist.
There is one recording of him speaking but he was very old and feeble by then.
Reagan was the best in modern times. Obama was good with prepared speeches but he was horrible at extemporaneous responses. Reagan was great at extemp.
His style would seem a bit dramatic by today's standards but they were speaking before huge crowds with no video screen.
He was also famous for being heard by people in the back row of outdoor stadiums when microphones did not exist.
There is one recording of him speaking but he was very old and feeble by then.
Reagan was the best in modern times. Obama was good with prepared speeches but he was horrible at extemporaneous responses. Reagan was great at extemp.
Posted on 5/15/24 at 11:56 am to KiwiHead
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His biggest problem is that he tends to repeat some of his points as his brain catches up to his mouth.
It is his greatest asset. The repetition provides memorization for the listener. It is one of the oldest tricks in the annals of communication.
POTUS Trump at 8D Go!!
Posted on 5/15/24 at 12:00 pm to Timeoday
Not really, it's distracting and shows lack of preparation .
Posted on 5/15/24 at 12:07 pm to RaoulDuke504
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He’s a mixed man who grew up in Hawaii with a white mother and an absent African father yet speaks like a black southern Baptist preacher like MLK.
It's called pandering. Obama learned how during his community organizer career and perfected it as President.
Of all the presidents I've been alive for, it's Reagan by miles.
Posted on 5/15/24 at 12:12 pm to bdavids09
Teddy Roosevelt was a dynamo
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