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To: tejek who wrote (450043)	1/23/2009 11:37:29 AM
From: i-node	Read Replies (1) of 1577137

>>> As with Palin, I do believe it showed how unready for the job Kennedy was. Thomas Jefferson didn't do public speaking or interviews. Why? Because he knew he was lousy at it. He didn't make State of the Union addresses, preferring instead to do them in writing. His speaking voice was weak and he felt that the best public speakers (he admired Patrick Henry) lacked organization of thought in their speeches. According to Adams Jefferson said no more than "three sentences together" the first year he was in the Constitutional Congress. The point is that many great people are not good public speakers and are not good in the heat of a press conference. I believe after Bush an argument can be made that a president must have the ability to communicate (I feel this was Bush's biggest failure, and Obama's election suggests that the American People, idiots that they are, consider public speaking to be more important than actual knowledge or experience). But for a Senator, it just isn't as important. Kennedy was every bit as qualified as Hillary, even if she lacked the speaking skills of Hillary.

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