This is one of my favorite slams against Senator Obama. “He speaks in generalities! He never gives specifics! Waaa!”
It’s my favorite because it so clearly shows how little attention the person claiming it is making. In fact, Steve Kroft brought it up in this 60 minutes interview:
“You talk about big ideas and often with a lack of specificity. And it’s been one of the complaints about your campaign,” Kroft remarked.
“Remember, early on in the campaign, the complaint about me was that I was too professorial. That I would go through these town hall meetings and, you know, go into great detail about this and that and the other. And you know, wondering what ever happened to that inspiring guy who spoke at the Democratic…convention. Yeah. And now that I’m inspiring people and saying, ‘Hey, you know, where is the specifics?’ And so, you know, if there are issues that you want to cover right now, I’m happy to,” Obama said. “So why don’t we work those through?”
You can, in fact, have it both ways. You can enjoy his oratory in one speech and then listen to a different one full of policy. You just have to do your civic duty and pay attention, America.
