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Originally Posted by Danzig

i find it annoying, but not nearly as annoying as repeated 'you know?'s or 'like'....

and i think it's a stretch to say that someone is a good speaker based solely on prepared remarks. however, when obama is not prepared, he's a big uhm-er. do you think someone sounds articulate when they say uh, um repeatedly? i didn't say he was inarticulate, i said when he stammers and makes noises while formulating a response that makes him sound that way. big difference.

I think it's annoying, too. But to me articulate is certainly in the words, and the way they are strung together - George W Bush was called a speaking "blunderer of historic proportions".

Someone else just reminded me of another President, also considered a very good speaker, who had a similar pausing, word-choosing hesitant style:
" Uh, .... well ...... "

Ronald Reagan