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Author Topic:   How can this be Bush?
riVeRraT
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Message 32 of 47 (336856)
07-31-2006 8:43 AM
Reply to: Message 2 by berberry
07-26-2006 10:52 AM


Re: I believe it
He's a petty, petty little man who bears no resemblance to a real leader.
Just how many politicians are real leaders these days?
{ABE}
I thought that was Merriam-Webster's job.
Since when is it a law that Merriam Webster define words for the English language? Obviously not everyone would agree with it.
Edited by riVeRraT, : No reason given.

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riVeRraT
Member (Idle past 447 days)
Posts: 5788
From: NY USA
Joined: 05-09-2004


Message 33 of 47 (336861)
07-31-2006 8:56 AM
Reply to: Message 21 by nator
07-30-2006 4:55 PM


Re: Bush is paying the price in brain damage
Good link Schraf.
Have you ever spoke in front of large crowds? To the entire nation? There is a difference.
Every word that comes out of Bush's mouth now gets analyzed to death, and that could possibly make a person nervous to speak.
I speak in front of congregations, and sometimes I am nervous, and sometimes I am not. The nervousness blocks the thoughts from getting to my mouth sometimes.
I think also it has to do with how confident you are on the subject you are speaking. Maybe some of his speeches that are scripted by others won't come out as clear, as something that he firmly believes in, and is well educated in.

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riVeRraT
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Message 42 of 47 (336983)
07-31-2006 5:01 PM
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07-31-2006 9:07 AM


Re: Bush is paying the price in brain damage
Yes. And a presidential candidate that cannot speak coherently, stumbles miserably over every other word, cannot construct a complex sentence nor even a simple one without a struggle, and flounders when asked to speak carefully is a very pathetic presidential candidate.
I agree, and it is what I dislike most about Bush.
Forgive me, but this is the president. Don't you think that one of the skills required for the job should be the ability to speak in public?
If it was, then he wouldn't have got elected. So I don't think your beef is with him personally, as it is with his voters.
He should be well-versed in every single thing he is speaking about.
Otherwise, how on earth is he supposed to make decisions?
That's what his advisors are for, it just sucks that he can't represent what they tell him in a coherent manor.

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