Thursday, December 06, 2007
Subliminal Mitt
Listening to his "I am not Brigham Young" speech this morning, without looking at the TV screen.
He's a great writer but a totally uncomfortable speaker. Somewhat overmodulated, too much aspirate on the consonants. The voice tone belongs to a teenager trying to explain plausibly why Dad's car has a dented fender this morning. It doesn't belong to a grown man describing his deep faith. In the last debate, when he got into a tiff with Rudy over illegal immigrant gardeners, the adolescent tone came out even more strongly. ¶ 1:49 PM
He's a great writer but a totally uncomfortable speaker. Somewhat overmodulated, too much aspirate on the consonants. The voice tone belongs to a teenager trying to explain plausibly why Dad's car has a dented fender this morning. It doesn't belong to a grown man describing his deep faith. In the last debate, when he got into a tiff with Rudy over illegal immigrant gardeners, the adolescent tone came out even more strongly. ¶ 1:49 PM
