Speaking in public – Ángel Gabilondo, the sweet orator

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Ángel Gabilondo is the opposition that everyone would like to have. Honored, humble, direct, appeasing, consensual. As a speaker, the word that defines you is “sweet.” When Gabilondo speaks, the peace that must come from his time as a friar is perceived. As he is a member of the PSOE, now that the electoral campaign is approaching, he speaks of the extreme right and the government of Colón, but he does not hit it.

Here you can see what it looks like it really is: https://bit.ly/2PGz3W0. Seeks consensus, for example, with the matter of the menas (04.12), which “is a pain for everyone”, or with Aval Madrid, which “was not a bad idea” (08.10). He also says that a phrase by Díaz Ayuso, referring to low taxes, “has given him pause, so I thank him” (10.20). He answers from his socialist conviction to tell him that life is not “to consume, save and invest” (11.30), making a corkscrew below to oppose “quality public services” to a “career of family and personal expenses”, ogre that It must come from his times in the Church, so opposed to consumption directing people’s lives.

Sometimes he leads the audience to confusion, as when he refers to the subject of indoctrination, which again thanks his opponent for having brought out (12:45). Plurality in education, “is it freedom or is it social Darwinism?”, And “long live the family, but long live the classrooms” (15.00). The Minister of Education Celaá surely liked this phrase.

It ends with a friendly “We don’t want to vote for you, I’m sorry” (15.30).

Although he likes to do repetitive movements with his feet, like a cha-cha, his handling of hand gestures is excellent (01.20, 02.38, 07.19, 08.38). The worst thing is her facial expression, which always appears sad, as if she saw everything black. It is not the best way to communicate optimism about his possible election as president of the Community of Madrid. The eyes usually look down, in line with his downcast countenance. And from time to time his voice shakes, as can be clearly heard from 06.22 to 07.25. Perhaps you lacked strength that day, or you were not liking the tone of the debate, but it conveys nervousness at the time.

Ángel Gabilondo will surely put aside his ecclesial condition in the upcoming debates, if only because his boss imposes it on him. He has already said that Díaz Ayuso is in the line of Trumpism, (https://bit.ly/3sZv9G3), for example, the last expression to be incorporated into the PSOE’s propaganda dictionary, which contains expressions such as extreme right, social justice, fascism, new normality, tension, inequality, the public or progressivism. But surely it will not be the real Ángel Gabilondo who will debate.