Comments on: Speaking as a President http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/02/07/speaking-as-a-president/ She escaped from the belly of the liberal beast Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:55:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Bookworm http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/02/07/speaking-as-a-president/#comment-19852 Bookworm Tue, 12 Feb 2008 05:00:17 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/speaking-as-a-president/#comment-19852 Nice analogy, Rigg. (And a reminder of a song I loved as a child.) Nice analogy, Rigg. (And a reminder of a song I loved as a child.)

]]> By: Rigg http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/02/07/speaking-as-a-president/#comment-19853 Rigg Tue, 12 Feb 2008 04:44:24 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/speaking-as-a-president/#comment-19853 Alot O' Obama out there. Personally, I know what all of the Hub Bub is about; I am just not buying it. You might like to read more about Obamanizers in my post about Obama titled, "Obama Fruit, Not so Sweet" at: http://riggword.wordpress.com/ Check it out and let me know what you think. I've been reading your blog for a while now, thanks for your words and your time. Alot O’ Obama out there. Personally, I know what all of the Hub Bub is about; I am just not buying it. You might like to read more about Obamanizers in my post about Obama titled, “Obama Fruit, Not so Sweet” at:

http://riggword.wordpress.com/

Check it out and let me know what you think.
I’ve been reading your blog for a while now,
thanks for your words and your time.

]]> By: jj http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/02/07/speaking-as-a-president/#comment-19851 jj Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:49:28 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/speaking-as-a-president/#comment-19851 Sounding good - though I don't personally believe Obama does - is always better than actually being good. Looking good, of course, while sounding good, is always best. (Thus JFK gets walloped in the debates on radio, but wins amongst the TV viewers.) Abraham Lincoln was, when you get right down to his policies, a fairly mediocre, if not positively lousy, president. But damn - he was eloquent! Eloquent enough to be consistently ranked as our greatest president - until you study what he actually did. But he sounded just wonderful. (This in a day, don't forget, when you had to wait a week to read what he said in the papers.) It's a danger. Sounding good - though I don’t personally believe Obama does - is always better than actually being good. Looking good, of course, while sounding good, is always best. (Thus JFK gets walloped in the debates on radio, but wins amongst the TV viewers.)

Abraham Lincoln was, when you get right down to his policies, a fairly mediocre, if not positively lousy, president.

But damn - he was eloquent! Eloquent enough to be consistently ranked as our greatest president - until you study what he actually did. But he sounded just wonderful. (This in a day, don’t forget, when you had to wait a week to read what he said in the papers.)

It’s a danger.

]]> By: Jeremiah http://www.bookwormroom.com/2008/02/07/speaking-as-a-president/#comment-19850 Jeremiah Fri, 08 Feb 2008 03:41:15 +0000 http://proto2.webloggin.com/speaking-as-a-president/#comment-19850 How refreshing. (More refreshing than his speeches.) When a couple of generations now have been raised on bland, sometimes blind, notions of "equality" and "potential" and "justice," it's not surprising that someone so rhetoric-bloated as Obama can capture millions of dollars and (soon) millions of votes. How sobering, too. How refreshing. (More refreshing than his speeches.) When a couple of generations now have been raised on bland, sometimes blind, notions of “equality” and “potential” and “justice,” it’s not surprising that someone so rhetoric-bloated as Obama can capture millions of dollars and (soon) millions of votes. How sobering, too.

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