Originally Posted By Schmitty Good Vibes Who's the most charismatic speaker you've ever heard? JFK was great when he said "Dont ask you for what you're country can do for you..." FDR was great. Abraham Linccln seemed to have that gift. But in my humble opinion, the man who gave the most charismatic speaches., with all of them I disagreed, was Adolph Hitler. And as I watch all the political speech from both extremes sides emerge, I weap.
Originally Posted By HongKongFoooy hitler instilled fear into the masses with his very aggressive and authoratative delivery. He greatly influenced millions with his speeches so Yep you're right.
Originally Posted By patrickegan Adolf also had a message that resonated with his constituency. No apologies, but a reinstatement of greatness for the Germanic people.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 The Devil is always the most charismatic so I can see the choice of Hitler. President Obama is also a very charismatic and appealing speaker* *I am in no way comparing President Obama to Hitler or the Devil. I know people tend to freak out over what I say. Just want to nip it in the bud before it gets to that point.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost ^^^^I'm not freaking out, but it is curious how you would put those two sentences back to back without having some agenda. Just saying!
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 To make people feel better Reagan was also a very charismatic speaker. As were Clinton and Nixon. A majority of leaders got to where they were because of their ability to enthrall others good or bad. That's all I meant
Originally Posted By Dabob2 One could make a good case that ever since the television age, the more charismatic candidate has won the presidency every time. And the closest races were when both candidates either had moderate-to-low charisma (Bush vs. Gore, Bush vs. Kerry) or moderate to high (Nixon vs. Humphrey). And then you have cases where Carter beats the less charismatic Ford, but gets trounced the more charismatic Reagan. Or where Bush I beats the (even) less charismatic Dukakis, but gets trounced by the more charismatic Clinton. Sure... in all cases there were other reasons. But it's worth noting.
Originally Posted By skinnerbox <<One could make a good case that ever since the television age, the more charismatic candidate has won the presidency every time.>> Two words: Checkers speech Television saved his campaign and career.
Originally Posted By Goofyernmost To make people feel better Reagan was also a very charismatic speaker. As were Clinton and Nixon. A majority of leaders got to where they were because of their ability to enthrall others good or bad. That's all I meant <<< Understood...just a case of poor placement. I see where you are going with this. Sorry for the skepticism.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip I don't know that Hitler was charismatic. When I've heard tapes of him I find his style rather threatening. He was successful in swaying opinion because of his ability to pander to people fears and prejudices. Does that make him charismatic? I'm not so sure. That would make Bachmann charismatic...
Originally Posted By Dabob2 So charismatic there's this wonderful, wonderful video about her: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7gVZsypIKGc" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v...ZsypIKGc</a> (Shameless plug to try to get to 30,000 hits.)
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 <<When I've heard tapes of him I find his style rather threatening>> A German could recite Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and it would sound threatnening.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<A German could recite Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and it would sound threatnening.>> Funkeln, funkeln, wenig stern, Wie frage ich mich, was du bist. Bis über die Welt so hoch, Wie ein diamant im himmel. Funkeln, funkeln, wenig stern, Wie frage ich mich, was du bist! Yea... I guess so! lol
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Only because you do not understand the language DD, and are focusing on the wars? Deutsch ist eine Wunderschon sprach, and die Deutschen Laute sind sehr Freundlich sein.
Originally Posted By DDMAN26 <<Only because you do not understand the language DD, and are focusing on the wars?>> No I've got some Teutonic blood in me so I know we aren't exactly the warmest people at times.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Funny, I have lived and worked in Germany before and speak the language with some fluency, and they can be very warm.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Germans may be very friendly people, but I disagree that it is a beautiful language. French is a beautiful language. German has lots of hard and guttural sounds. For some insane reason I took three years of German in High School. I guess I didn't want to "waste" my first year of foreign language since some of the colleges I was considering required three years of the same foreign language. But any language that uses "schnee" (pronounced schnay) to describe that cold, fluffy white stuff (snow) is just plain off! ;-)
