{"id":118,"date":"2010-04-19T14:40:57","date_gmt":"2010-04-19T18:40:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/000af36.netsolhost.com\/wordpress1\/2010\/04\/19\/as-i-uh-was-uh-saying\/"},"modified":"2010-04-19T14:40:57","modified_gmt":"2010-04-19T18:40:57","slug":"as-i-uh-was-uh-saying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/2010\/04\/19\/as-i-uh-was-uh-saying\/","title":{"rendered":"As I, uh, was, uh, saying"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday\u2019s Washington Post <\/em>front page had an article about Charlie Crist\u2019s troubles<\/a> in his GOP primary for the Senate race there.  In it was a lesson for all candidates\u2014or for that matter anyone in any arena who wants to be taken seriously.<\/p>\n

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But there were plenty of onlookers like Bob Gammon, who, as he sipped his beer, tried to put his frustration with Crist into words. "He’s like a lot of weak Republicans now," said Gammon. "He’s like the great compromiser: He doesn’t stand strong; he doesn’t talk with authority. . . . And then I hear good ol’ what’s-his-name, Rubio, and he has no uh-uh-uhs when he talks. He talks with authority. Rubio is going to win easy. Crist’s kind of Republican is over. Crist can’t even take a stand."<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Not taking a stand in politics, though important, is not what I\u2019m talking about.  It\u2019s the \u201che doesn’t talk with authority. . . . And then I hear good ol’ what’s-his-name, Rubio, and he has no uh-uh-uhs when he talks. He talks with authority. <\/strong><\/p>\n

People who talk with authority, who avoid \u201cuh,\u201d \u201cyou know\u201d and the now ubiquitous \u201cit\u2019s like,\u201d I think are more credible, especially in politics.  Obama has a lot of \u2018uhs\u201d in his extemporaneous speaking.  I think it\u2019s one of the reasons some people don\u2019t trust him.  He sounds as if he\u2019s trying to parse his words so carefully one wonders if he\u2019s trying to pull something over on the listener.<\/p>\n

Republicans are much better at such speaking.  For the life of me I don\u2019t know why, although I\u2019m sure many GOP supporters would say it\u2019s because they have confidence in what they\u2019re saying.  Why don\u2019t Democrats?  Maybe it\u2019s because being liberals, they\u2019re always afraid of offending someone.  I\u2019ve noticed this phenomenon on the cable talk shows.  The next time I see such a segment I\u2019ll post it. Take a listen yourself and tell me if you don\u2019t hear what I\u2019m talking about.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, I think Bob Gammon, a voter in Florida, hit on a universal truth.  If you sound hesitant, you sound unsure of yourself.  If you are using a lot of \u201cuhs\u201d people are less likely to believe you or be inspired by you.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sunday\u2019s Washington Post front page had an article about Charlie Crist\u2019s troubles in his GOP primary for the Senate race there.  In it was a lesson for all candidates\u2014or for that matter anyone in any arena who wants to be taken seriously. But there were plenty of onlookers like Bob Gammon, who, as he sipped… Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[52,12,33],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/118\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/griendling.com\/wordpress1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}