by Christi Parsons and John McCormick. Tribune correspondents
"Yes they are filled with platitudes, but they discuss policy as much as his opponents' speeches do".
Goed spreken is belangrijk. Men kan echter ook te vlot zijn want dat creëert dan weer wantrouwen.
And that may be what helps to fuel the criticism from detractors that Obama speaks mostly in "platitudes."
"Is it a fair criticism to say they have a lot of platitudes in them? It's accurate," said David Zarefsky, a Northwestern University professor who studies campaign rhetoric. "That's what stump speeches do. They're to capture an audience, to motivate people."
By reaching that height too well, he says, a stump speech can actually fail.
"There's a deep-seated cultural ambivalence we have about eloquence," Zarefsky said. "We seek it out, especially from leaders in times of crisis. On the other hand, we're suspicious that someone who is talking really well is putting something over on us."
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