Lodwick, it is really worse than that counter in that little clip indicated. Somewhere there is a transcript of him saying um and uh for close to eight minutes if I remember right. Guy's a freakin' moron.
The transcript is made up, and the tape is an edited version compiling all his uh's into one 8 minute piece from a variety of speeches.
The uh's and um's are from ONE speech in Amman, Jordan, according to the guy who posted it. I don't know because I wasn't there but I have seen some transcripts and have seen some videos which were supposed to be live where he did a lot of stammering and stuttering. At any rate, the guy who posted it said that it was from that one speech and that of the total speech over seven minutes of it was uh's and um's. Doesn't make Obama look all that bright.
Edit: When I posted this I was thinking of a different video I saw earlier today. It has the uh's and um's from the speech he made in Jordan, not this one on this thread.
I am terrible public speaker myself. But even I wouldn't say that many uh's and um's in a speech. It is a clear sign not of nervousness on his part, becasue he speaks everyday to groups, but to just not really knowing the subject matter very well. With me it is mostly all nervousness.
I am terrible public speaker myself. But even I wouldn't say that many uh's and um's in a speech.
Most people who aren't better public speakers than that just wouldn't be giving speeches. They would find another line of work closer to their real talents, whatever they may be.