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Pastimes : THE SLIGHTLY MODERATED BOXING RING
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To: Lazarus_Long who started this subject8/29/2002 6:04:34 PM
From: Poet  Read Replies (2) of 21057
 
Here's a little nugget from Andrew Sullivan's site: a conversation between him and Camile Paglia:

Military leadership by the Bush administration in the months following 9-11 was strong and confident. But this year there's been an unsettling series of miscues, hesitations, and reversals. The top people look tired, and political skirmishes haven't been skillfully managed. Not that the Democrats are any great shakes! Daschle and Gebhardt are such jackasses.

Bush's speechwriters finally found the right vocabulary and cadence for him, but I still quail when I listen to him, as some malapropism is bound to occur. Bush's lack of ease with spontaneous, non-scripted communication has serious consequences when he tries to calm investors' nerves or explain to the world why we should wage war on Iraq.

Bill Clinton was a glib, seductive, serial abuser of language. Bush has good, plain instincts, but in my view, a president needs greater mastery of language to sustain his authority in a media age.
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