Sources close to the Obama family say that, at home, Michelle and the girls often get so caught up in Barack Obama’s stirring rhetorical flourishes that they hardly notice the TelePrompTer.
One of Mrs. Obama’s old college friends said, “Michelle still tears up when she talks about Barack’s historic ‘Will You Marry Me?’ address. She said he really bridged the racial divide, while calling for change and a new kind of bipartisanship.”
“He planned every little detail of the speech,” said the unnamed source, “He even made sure that when he took a knee to pop the question, he’d still have a clear line-of-sight to the TelePrompTer. Although Michelle knew it was written by a paid staffer, the way he delivered it really made it his own. Very personal.”
The Illinois senator’s daughters reportedly love how “Daddy tilts his head at an angle during dramatic pauses in bedtime stories, as if waiting for the applause to die down. His hypnotic repetition of ‘I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them Sam I am’ often brings the girls to their feet.”
However, neighbors and close friends also report that the Democrat presidential nominee has never performed as well during informal conversation around the house, or over the fence with neighbors while doing yard work.
“He fumbles for words,” said one Hyde Park resident who often sees Sen. Obama at the Wal-Mart. “He’s gazing about as if searching in vain for a cue card.”
Impromptu settings and unanticipated questions can also lead to embarrassing gaffes.
“Who could forget the night when Barack told his two daughters he loved all four of them,” said one anonymous friend.Another source noted that Michelle and the girls “looked dismayed” when, during an unscripted moment at the dinner table, Mr. Obama said, “We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen
One of Mrs. Obama’s old college friends said, “Michelle still tears up when she talks about Barack’s historic ‘Will You Marry Me?’ address. She said he really bridged the racial divide, while calling for change and a new kind of bipartisanship.”
“He planned every little detail of the speech,” said the unnamed source, “He even made sure that when he took a knee to pop the question, he’d still have a clear line-of-sight to the TelePrompTer. Although Michelle knew it was written by a paid staffer, the way he delivered it really made it his own. Very personal.”
The Illinois senator’s daughters reportedly love how “Daddy tilts his head at an angle during dramatic pauses in bedtime stories, as if waiting for the applause to die down. His hypnotic repetition of ‘I do not like green eggs and ham. I do not like them Sam I am’ often brings the girls to their feet.”
However, neighbors and close friends also report that the Democrat presidential nominee has never performed as well during informal conversation around the house, or over the fence with neighbors while doing yard work.
“He fumbles for words,” said one Hyde Park resident who often sees Sen. Obama at the Wal-Mart. “He’s gazing about as if searching in vain for a cue card.”
Impromptu settings and unanticipated questions can also lead to embarrassing gaffes.
“Who could forget the night when Barack told his two daughters he loved all four of them,” said one anonymous friend.Another source noted that Michelle and the girls “looked dismayed” when, during an unscripted moment at the dinner table, Mr. Obama said, “We can’t drive our SUVs and eat as much as we want and keep our homes on 72 degrees at all times … and then just expect that other countries are going to say OK. That’s not leadership. That’s not going to happen
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