To say that President Barack Obama speaks “with the tongues of men and angels” is to understate his skill as an orator, as he is likely the most accomplished public speaker to hit the American political scene in two generations. Yet the context of his words is more akin to a “sounding brass or a tinkling cymbal” as most of his utterances seem contrived and mechanical. The jokes Rush Limbaugh used to make about Obama’s teleprompter weren’t that far off the mark, given the disconnect between what Obama says and what he actually does.
