a talking head I can get behind

[kaigou]

tipped to this by brithistorian

And I say that because it works like your usual thesis: here's are problems A and B, and here are solutions C and D. Very concrete, if generalized, with some kind of indication/invitation of where to find more information. I'm sure you heard thousands of ads like this for other topics -- about home insurance, about medical issues, about local events, even retail has a use for this pattern.

What works here is that it's not with pretty pictures, music selection, and a paid voiceover person, which in the end (regardless of argument or source) often makes me feel like I'm partially being swayed by who has the best production values and can pay for the best voiceover talent. Nope, here it's the candidate doing the talking, and I don't know why, but that just seems to me to be...

I'd say "powerful" but that's cliched. More like, "fundamental".

Or maybe it's something else, like the fact that this unexpected -- but hopefully short if intense -- migraine-headache is just making me see things. Heh, suddenly the intended tags for this post seems rather apropros.

Comments

[mikkeneko.livejournal.com]

I'm struck, once again, by the difference in simple plain eloquence and public speaking skill between Obama and McCain, to say nothing of Obama and Bush.

[kracken.livejournal.com]

Let's see, the Democrats have been the majority for how long? And wasn't he in Washington? What was he doing about it then? Oh, yeah, that's right, voting present and taking lobbyist money. Democrats and Republicans are both guilty. It's a shame that he's decided to not accept his share of the blame.