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Originally posted by AnchorAlum
JAM, thanks for your supportive comments!
I think that the President's manner of speech is just fine. I would venture a guess that most of you cannot remember John F. Kennedy's speech and accent. I was just a young kid but I do distinctly remember that I thought it odd at the time that he was all hot under the collar about a place called "Cuber".
GWB does persist in saying "newclear" but you know what? So did Jimmy Carter, a trained naval nuclear scientist.
The question here is what is good enunciation? And if you and the President are in sync politically, I bet you understand him clearly.
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Originally posted by AnchorAlum
The question here is what is good enunciation? And if you and the President are in sync politically, I bet you understand him clearly.
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"I wish you would have given me this written question ahead of time, so I could plan for it. (Laughter.) John, I'm sure historians will look back and say, gosh, he could have done it better this way, or that way. You know, I just -- I'm sure something will pop into my head here in the midst of this press conference, with all the pressure of trying to come up with an answer, but it hadn't yet."
-President George W. Bush
That isn't about enunciation, that's about being able to think on your feet and be mentally agile. People seriously have confidence in a president that requires difficult questions to be pre-written in order to develop a coherent answer? If Bill Clinton had said that I'd question him too.