Way To Sound Like A Regular Person, Sen. Obama

"There are a set of assertions made by Sen. Clinton and her husband that are not factually accurate."

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The joys of a debating Obama.

The man can give a great speech, but he can't deliver a simple line.

Posted by Callimaco | January 21, 2008 8:50 PM

If he had said the same thing the way a regular person would say it, you'd call him rude or aggressive.

Posted by Rachel Q | January 21, 2008 9:21 PM

You mean if he'd said what he meant: "Senator Clinton and her husband are liars."

Yeah, that wouldn't have gone over well.

/But it would have made me feel good!

Posted by Callimaco | January 21, 2008 9:25 PM

These posts above are correct. Politicians -- perhaps black politicians especially-- have to be very careful. He's better with the jokes, although that can backfire sometimes.

Posted by Vaughan | January 21, 2008 10:22 PM

Commenters are much more on top of things than the blogger on this one.

Posted by ikl | January 21, 2008 10:26 PM

Apart from sounding like a geek, Obama managed to avoid niceties such as grammar. To be grammatical, what he *should* have said was, "There *is* a set of assertions...." So there!

Posted by Mendacity of Hope | January 21, 2008 10:56 PM

Obama also said "That is not true" -- pretty direct.

I continue to be appalled by the Clintons' treatment of Obama.

No third term!

Posted by Michael | January 21, 2008 11:09 PM

on my tv Obama looked tongue tied, like ralph kramden going humina-humina-humina through much of the debate.
Respectfully I disagree with Mark to say that the whole debate was about the black caucus sitting in the front rows: Hillary and Obama were almost exclusively talking to them. Seeing John Lewis applaud hillary's slumlord takedown of Obama must have been absolutely devastating just like Butts construction outside church yesterday must have hurt badly for obama's campaign fith in themselves.
I thought his campaign took on a lot of water tonight and swallowed a few poison pills to boot:
the health care attack was a killer first edwards and then Hillary on universal: it semed clear that he opposes mandates to stay viable with independent voters and cranks.
he blew the final question and Hillary batted it out.
The present vote thing was devastating and now the press will have to explain the slumlord story which I might even catch up on now.
And really obama's had two weeks to show Bill is not telling the truth and the best he can come up with not true? he lost there.
rookie through and through, more than I would have ever s'posed.

Posted by Michael C. | January 21, 2008 11:47 PM

If he'd said "bullsh*t," like all of America was thinking, he'd have been fined $250,000 by the morality police at the FCC.

Posted by Jack | January 22, 2008 12:47 AM