Obama, the great bore-ator

This video is getting a lot of attention because Obama at some point said “Here in Asia.”  Since he was speaking at a summit with the word “Asia” in the title, I guess it’s a forgivable slip — although it wouldn’t have been had a Bush or Reagan said it.

What strikes me about the video is how staggeringly dull Obama is.  He’s a very slow speaker, with a lot of filler sounds (“um,” “uh,” etc.), and what he says is, mostly, plenty of nothing.  You don’t have to listen to the whole 45 minutes to get that.  Indeed, I strongly advise against listening to the whole thing, lest you need emergency resuscitation for possibly terminal unconsciousness due to boredom.

What you should do is just dip in and out.  No matter where you land on the video, you’ll invariably see Obama being dull.  God, I would love to see a Newt-Obama match-up.  Newt is never dull.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBGRiB4PEjk[/youtube]

(Or watch it here.)

As much as anything, we were sold a bill of good when we were told that Obama was a great orator.  He’s a great bore-ator, that’s what he is.