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" What I believe- I believe i will continue to articulate what I believe and what I believe I believe is right."

This is basically a cumbersome way of say 'I will do whatever I want'. Only, with Bush, it's with repetition and incorrect syntax. He reminds me of a 6 year old girl writing a diary. "...and then we went to the zoo and then ...and then...but then....so then..." etc

why did you americans re-elect him. WHY?

well, I could say more, but it'll be inappropriate.

The most powerful man in the world, is an idiot. How our standards have changed, through all the talk of progress, see how our leaders have degenrated.

Once they were Gods, then they were heroes, now they are a pair of puppets.

Apparently, neither is transforming the largest surplus ever into the largest deficit ever -- nor working against states

rights -- nor using a spurious war to channel public money to certain corporations -- nor using 9/11 to further his own agenda while breeding terrorism and cynicism.

I wonder -- what would make you change your vote?

Silvio Levy

Booga,

No. Look at the United States of America. Think about how many poor orators were president before the advent of television. Being a well-spoken orator has always been an asset, but never a requirement until television.

I glance at the headlines just to kind of a flavor for what's moving. I rarely read the stories, and get briefed by people who are probably read the news themselves.

Thats what Bush said… take it as you will… taken from 9-22-03 interview on FOX.

Now the flip-flop.

MRS. BUSH: We get up really early. We get up about 5:30 a.m. He goes in and gets the coffee and we drink coffee and read the newspapers. That's been our ritual our whole married life.

From Leno 5.19.04 (via whitehouse.gov)

Now these comments I do offer up as fact.

Since when did "public speaking" become a criteria for leadership?

Since democracy was once founded in Greece.

Ok... on second thought... not really, they'll still probably print them regardless of if he's President or not!

I know this; he doesn't like to read newspapers.

That's one of those myths that comes up from time to time. Like the myth that Al Gore said he invented the Internet.

The White House runs its own news clipping service. Every day, all the members of the senior staff get a stapled, xeroxed booklet of news clippings from all the major papers around the country. The President reads it over breakfast. I've read that he also reads the Post from cover to cover, and that he reads the Sunday Times.

First off the "liberal" media has been far kinder to Bush since he took office than the "liberal" media was to Clinton

Tell us more about this parallel universe you inhabit. Yours is the one where Spock wears a goatee, right?

Mitch you missed the point…

I never implied, at least I hope not, that curiosity is barometer for effective leadership. Just because I have little faith in Bush as a leader and I find his curiosity skills lacking doesnt make 1 + 1 = 11. Just because if all things where equal I would prefer a curious yet bumbling public speaker to a non-curious well rounded public speaker doesnt make 2 + 2 = 22. As I alluded to in my last post I really don't think public speaking should be a mark of an effective leader, even if it is inevitably necessary for the very reason Mitch pointed out, Television. We the people, yes we the people, have short attention spans, and yes we the people as a nation are problem less curious than we should be. We the people television land found Kennedy a better debater than the attentive radio world and with that the 20-second sound bite lives on. I too live in that tv world… and for better or worse thats what we have. Would you not agree that when you lack a comprehensive analysis of any subject you miss half the picture (see name link for example)? Would you not agree if you surround yourself with like-minded people you're surrounded by "yes men"? Would you not agree lack of curiosity is akin to wearing blinders you know one thing and thats straight a head?

Since when could anyone say with a straight face that the media isn't critical of Bush?Since when was it appropriate to form policy based on daily changes to public opinion polls

First off the "liberal" media has been far kinder to Bush since he took office than the "liberal" media was to Clinton… but far harsher than the "liberal" media was to his daddy. And Fox is well fox. So he's in the middle of the critical scope… but the media hasn't pursed many stories that lack some visual to spoon-feed us during the evening news.

As for point two, your right we live in Republic not a Democracy. I'm slightly puzzled on one small point. When did our right-winged neo-conservative friends decide reading a newspaper meant you where following some public opinion poll? Yes it can gauge the public sentiments. However it does something more powerful. Reading a paper informs you about the world we live in, the real world. It shares real word concerns, and not the concerns you extrapolate from a focus group.

I really don't care to argue this anymore… I was just simple posting my observations on why the progressives don't care for Bush. Instead I get attacked… funny.