This president’s oratory is more elevated than George W Bush and less free-form than Bill Clinton – and his rhetoric is all-AmericanThough his most extreme critics bear questioned whether he was really born in the United States,President Obama’s rhetoric is squarely in the American tradition. His ability to “speak American” will be on display when he delivers the annual State of the Union address before both houses of Congress, members of the US supreme court and the cabinet (save the one who stays home to preserve the line of presidential succession in the event of an unimaginable calamity) and an international television audience.
Having worked as a community organizer and a constitutional law professor and with a family history that “could only happen in America” – Obama is a more elevated orator than George W Bush, or whose speaking style was described by one of his speechwriters as “blunt” and “staccato”. And his style is less free-form than Bill Clinton,who could display his earthiness and expertise in the same speech. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com