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Originally posted by onetime2
Sorry but it still doesn't. I've known fabulous public speakers who are buffoons and I've known incredible thinkers who couldn't talk their way out of a one word argument.
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So have I. What's your point? I frankly expect excellence from the commander in chief. Are you saying you're fine with mediocrity in the highest office in the nation?
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Apparently Bush is doing okay in the "perception" category with those who matter since, despite his "stumbling or inventing new words" he's got about half the voters on his side.
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Down from 89% of the voters on his side after 9/11. I call that a pretty damn big slide. What could possibly account for it other than voters (who matter) losing faith in him?
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As far as the rest of the world judging him on his public speaking, it doesn't matter. It's what goes on in private that influences policy most.
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No, it's both. Do you think that had Bush Sr. been shot and Quayle had become president, that people would have taken him seriously? He made such a total fool of himself every time he opened his mouth in public that people went in to private sessions already looking down on him. Public appearances effect what happens in private.
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I suspect you would be hard pressed to find any evidence that the troops have (or will) lose respect for Bush based on his public speaking skill.
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And that wasn't the only complaint I had about him in this thread (or others) either. The troops (the smart ones anyway) are losing faith in him for many other reasons. Even the ones who supported the war cannot appreciate the fact that Bush did not send enough troops to support the invasion force. That attack the other day on the 20 truck fuel convoy that was being guarded by all of 3 humvees is a shining example. There simply aren't enough soldiers over there, and it's made the situation far more dangerous for the ones that are there as a result.