Friends,

I just wanted to express some observations about Presidential candidate Barrack Obama.

I have spent a lot of time with candidates over the last fifteen years in my prior work as a campaign consultant. I have written speeches for myself and others. I have studied the greats and their presentation styles like Churchill, MLK, Kennedy, and others.

I really wish audio recording was more available back when Teddy Roosevelt did his speeches, I'd really like to hear his presentation style.

Each time I hear a new speech by Obama, it is becoming more and more apparent to me that he is intentionally imitating Martin Luther King's public speaking style.

He has adopted the mannerisms and nuances of King's inflection, pauses, pronunciations, and undulations.

I do not know if this is an old trick of his, or if he has practiced this method for the Presidential campaign.

If you listen to the speeches of Martin Luther King and then watch how Obama will speak and pause Obama is almost exact replication of the MLK style.

He will accent strong points in his speech by raising his voice and pitch in a way similar to the famous "Thank God Almighty Free At Last" part of MLK's 'Dream' speech.

In fact, Obama's rendition of MLK is becoming so overt (in my mind) I find it growingly offensive that he is mimicking a dead historical figure like MLK.

The situation in 2007 is nothing like the situation in the 1960's!

Obama should seek his own style instead of becoming a linguistic ghoul eager to rob the dead for political gain!

W