They elevate. They enmesh you in a grander moment.

Not by a longshot.

I never once felt “elevated” by any of Obama’s speeches, unless you count irritated as elevation. I was sick of hearing his voice within the first month of his campaign waaaaaaay back there … a few years ago, was it? I never could, and still cannot bear to listen to him speak. He goes on mute faster than Dealing Dan the used car salesman, faster than Billy Mays the big mouth pitchman for OxiClean, faster to mute even than Vince Offer the scary @ss pusher for ShamWow.

We’ve known about his need for a teleprompter and his vacuity without it from day one. He purposefully sounds like a comedian’s imitation of a country preacher. He insults his listeners’ intelligence and I’m duly offended.