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Originally Posted by aceventura3
Why don't you believe Bush says what he means? On one hand we agree he is not a good public speaker but then you think he could be a mouth peice. Doesn't add up. If Rove or anyone else wanted a mouth piece why wouldn't they get someone who was good at it?
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Being good at being a mouthpiece and being good at public speaking are not necessarily the same thing, although they often are. George W. Bush has never taught me a damn thing about politics, primarily because your typical well-informed citizen knows more about politics than our current president. That being said, however, Bush is very appealing to a lot of folks that can't understand the articles in National Review. He is able to talk about hotbutton issues in oversimplified terms that everyone can understand. In this way, perhaps Bush would make a better mouthpiece than many give him credit for.
The ultimate source of Halx's confusion is that Bush's message style is not intended for him: 100,000,000 Americans voted in 2004, but there are not 100,000,000 Americans who are well-informed about politics. Read between the lines...
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