Who says Americans cannot be stirred up by a speech? For the most part, I’m still using parts of the same anti-war speech I gave back in 2002 when I first came out against the war in Iraq. Talk about good gas mileage.
That speech and what it does to Americans is nothing short of breathtaking. First it was Obamamania, then it was Obamamentum. Not necessarily in that order.
What is interesting to me and Michelle about this phenomenon, or, rather, Obamanomenon, is how little effort is required. If people only knew. Actually, I’m surprised no one has picked up on this. The speech is one thing, the debate is something else, and running a campaign is something else again.
For the speech, what can I say? It’s basically the same thing for the past five or six years. It’s only different because I can’t remember all the phrases and they get mixed and matched on the fly anyway. Debates? All I have to do is listen to the question and give an answer. Or, listen to a rebuttal and give an answer. How hard is that?
The most difficult aspect of Obamamania and Obamamentum is the national campaign. For that, I end every speech with a request for a donation. The rest of the work is done by people we hire.
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