• 9Terrier20 said on Jul 24, 2006....

  I think these days it's become commonplace for presidents to have other people write speeches for them, and I'm not even sure if it was rare two centuries ago. If I'm remembering correctly there was some controversy relatively recently regarding the fact that Kennedy had a speechwriter, since many of his speeches ("ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country" was him, right?) were so profound and thus deemed highly original. The main difference here is that because JFK spoke well we can venture that he wasn't a complete idiot, and can therefore assume that he had a hand in some of the speechwriting or at least contributed ideas most of the time. Our current president speaks like an awkward middle-school student and doesn't even sound like he knows what he's talking about much of the time.

• theorista said on Jul 24, 2006....

  Illiteracy + fratboy ways + secretly white supremacist tendencies + very conservative views + hey, I'm the prez, yo!!= warmongering, doing whatever he wants, not taking accountability for his actions, among other things. yes. I think your wife is onto something there.

• ALIENated said on Jul 25, 2006....

  Ah, for the good old days of a president looking straight into the camera and lying with silver-tongued eloquence. The days of a president who weakened our military to the point that terrorists felt confident to slaughter hundreds of our innocent citizens in our own country. Ah, for a president like that. They are all just men. All men are flawed. Write on.

• Chase_Dreams said on Jul 25, 2006....

  I liked the statement your wife made. And I don't think you're way off base. It is common for someone else to do a President's writing... however, I think rewriting/compromising with laws IS better left to Congress where there are masses of different views and ways to settle disputes. I agree.

• silverwhisper said on Jul 25, 2006....

  alienated, are you incapable of simply [i]incapable[/i] of rebutting criticisms of bush or merely unwilling? let's remember that rumsfeld was planning a massive downsizing of the armed forces when bush took office. if all you've got to add to the discussion is a harangue about why you think clinton was terrible, well, that's not really adding much. i have to say, i [i]am[/i] impressed by the supreme court nominations we've seen from bush. they're much more moderate than we've had any reason to expect. successwarrior: NSA? ed

• SuccessWarrior said on Jul 25, 2006....

  NSA, National Security Agency. The agency that Bush is using to illegally tap phones, read emails, and access bank accounts.

• silverwhisper said on Jul 25, 2006....

  wasn't sure that's who you were referring to or not. :> ed

• Webjoy said on Jul 25, 2006....

  Well now you are getting the idea! Of course Bush has someone else right his speeches. That has been going on for a long time. Even Kennedy did that. They also hire companies that study what kind of image they should present that would be the most positive. Case in point, Hilary Clinton. Notice how much she has changed in looks and presentation. There are companies that are devoted to telling leaders and celebraties, etc. how to dress, act, what to say etc. that will make them popular with their target public.

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