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To: justmickey who wrote (1549)	12/28/2000 1:28:12 PM
From: dkgross	Respond to of 1615

LOLOLOL. luvya man. :>) dg

To: justmickey who wrote (1549)	12/28/2000 1:43:41 PM
From: Catfish	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1615

George W. Bush has an MBA from Harvard. Btw, Gore never made it that far. Here is an excerpt from a WSJ article that refutes your argument: PEGGY NOONAN George W. Bush goes to Washington. Friday, December 22, 2000 12:01 a.m. EST Privately, senators talk about and worry over the difference between the Bush in the room and the Bush at the podium. In a room, in small meetings, he is sharp, funny, knowing. A senator told me, "When he was with us, the words didn't trip; the grammar and usage were perfect, no mispronunciations." But "he stiffens up in front of the TelePrompTer." Senate Republicans want the American people to see the Bush they see--the Bush in the room--when he is at the podium. Because the Bush in the room is reassuring--his persona and personality, his Teddy Roosevelt-like brio, his quickness and quick understanding are reassuring. People leave him feeling confident in him, and impressed. The man at the podium, however--the man who makes the cabinet announcements and who answers the questions from the press on whether he's damaging the economy by talking it down--is not so reassuring, because he looks nervous. His nervousness is understood by viewers--by the American people--to suggest fear: fear of the job, of the reporters, of the viewers, of the microphones. The good news: Mr. Bush is not afraid. Those who meet with him can see it. The bad news: He looks afraid when he speaks in public, which is where the vast majority of people see him. The good news: This is a fixable problem. Eight years ago that old smoothie Bill Clinton walked clumsily, didn't know how to salute the Marine at the door of the helicopter, jogged around in little shorts, took forever to make his appointments and then spent a month taking them back: Bye, Lani; sorry, Kimba; see ya, Zoë. Mr. Clinton now is sleek and sure, but that's not how he started. He had to work at it. So does Mr. Bush. Everyone who supports him wants him to devote time now to working seriously and with commitment at the particular demands of the public presentation of the presidency. Every day he should be taking half an hour to work on the TelePrompTer, and like his father he should work with a speech coach. Why every day? Because it will get rote and boring. And once it begins to feel rote and boring he will begin to lose his self-consciousness. Bad news: Mr. Bush tends to see public presentation as a phony part of the job, and he doesn't love it. But it's not a phony part of the job. It is the job. A presidency is a public thing. Good news: Karen Hughes and others around Mr. Bush understand all this. opinionjournal.com