I caught a part of the Obama/Brown press conference live on the radio on Wednesday morning
In fact I was not sure what it was to begin with, not at all sure that it was the President speaking – he was using a much more relaxed & deeper voice than he does for his speech- making. But very impressive.
I have always envied people who can speak in whole sentences & follow their train of thought (though those who can speak in whole paragraphs, complete with footnotes, are usually either scary or tedious). He was doing the journalist the honour of treating the question seriously
The President’s cadences were interesting too, the way he picked the right words to emphasise or stress. He was graceful too, recognising other’s points of view while defending stoutly his government’s & his country’s role in the world
