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MoJoWorkin

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Thu Feb-28-08 05:54 PM
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25. Anyone around here old enough to remember JFK at news conferences?

Edited on Thu Feb-28-08 05:55 PM by MoJoWorkin

Well, I do.

WHen asked a question, Kennedy would regularly say aaaaaa aaaaa aaaaa aaaa while he was thinking carefully to formulate exactly what he would say. RFK did it too.

I believe that is the very same thing that Obama does---it is not stuttering.
It is done as a mechanism for giving time to craft a precisely worded response.

The Kennedy's didn't do it when they were delivering speeches; neither does Obama.

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