"Blair is not a good speaker, whatever his reputation, because he has learned a few tricks, like the randomly inserted pregnant pause between undistinguished phrases that thereupon sound like sound bites, and the breathy intensity that makes jejune remarks sound like the wisdom of the ages."
Thank you for summing up just why — above and beyond politics — I find Blair so aversive.
"What I do think is that I would rather have a battered pragmatic public servant than an untried personable spinner of wonderful empty words; I see the idealism that has focussed on him and I remember how many of my friends had real hope from Blair as opposed to voting for him because it was important to get the Tories out."
It's weird, even though I was a kid, I really remember the sense of jubilation the morning Blair was elected; it was the first time I was aware of politics. I also remember the political divide among the teachers being quite openly visible, and one kid who was really messed up because his parents told him they'd have to put his dog down if labour won. I have similar feelings to yours about Obama. I know my mother is very much on the Obama bandwagon ( though neither of us are American ), but in all honesty, I can't rally an ounce of enthusiasm aside from the prospect of a Democrat Whitehouse.
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Date: 2008-01-29 12:43 am (UTC)Thank you for summing up just why — above and beyond politics — I find Blair so aversive.
"What I do think is that I would rather have a battered pragmatic public servant than an untried personable spinner of wonderful empty words; I see the idealism that has focussed on him and I remember how many of my friends had real hope from Blair as opposed to voting for him because it was important to get the Tories out."
It's weird, even though I was a kid, I really remember the sense of jubilation the morning Blair was elected; it was the first time I was aware of politics. I also remember the political divide among the teachers being quite openly visible, and one kid who was really messed up because his parents told him they'd have to put his dog down if labour won.
I have similar feelings to yours about Obama. I know my mother is very much on the Obama bandwagon ( though neither of us are American ), but in all honesty, I can't rally an ounce of enthusiasm aside from the prospect of a Democrat Whitehouse.