Is John McCain a better speaker than Barack Obama?
By Brad Lewis | Date Submitted: 10/16/08 Keywords: london transcription, transcription services More Details about Transcription services here. Summary: There is certainly an art to crafting the timbre and rhythm of public speeches. Global Lingo, the world’s leading transcription company, analysed the speech patterns of both candidates to examine their fluency. Conventional wisdom has it that Barack Obama is a superior orator to John McCain. The Financial Times has claimed that ‘Barack Obama’s greatest strength is his ability to inspire millions with his electrifying oratory’. For The Independent, he possesses ‘so eloquent and elegant a mastery of the word’. The Guardian has praised his ‘eloquence’ and ‘mastery of the seemingly old-fashioned art of political speechmaking’. In marked contrast, the Guardian wrote this of his opponent after his acceptance speech: ‘John McCain sounded like the vestry board chairman speaking at the church social about the success of the raffle. Or, as a col
