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To: FaultLine who wrote (71054)	2/2/2003 6:05:28 PM
From: Win Smith	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

The Speech That Turns Mere Presidents Into Talk Show Hosts nytimes.com Faultline: She continued, "Is he talking in code to the 'true believers'?" I indicated that every tiny phrase is crafted in an address of this importance so, it's possible... From the article: After Mr. Reagan, there would be no more sentences like that one. Now the president's object is to characterize his program in stirring terms that make a coded appeal to his own constituents, but that are vague enough to land with the television audience and command a deferential reception by the opposing party's members, who are obliged by the rules of the genre to respect the pretense of a direct address. It makes for a strange exercise, like a political Simon Says, as the opposition tries to decide whether to respond politely to the superficially bland appeals of the address or more truculently to their coded messages. Safire, who knows a thing or two about the drill: I am duty-bound to read and weigh these speeches, as well as position papers and public stands of other candidates as they come down the exploratory-committee chute. You can learn a lot by reading speeches: they tell you what the candidate really thinks, or what he thinks he should appear to think, or how adept he is at attracting and being able to pay for good thinkers, pollsters and writers. I'll study those respectfully before asking to see him. nytimes.com Me: I think people around here take W's speeches way too seriously. Like the parade of punditry, it's mostly political theater.

To: FaultLine who wrote (71054)	2/2/2003 10:18:38 PM
From: Thomas A Watson	Respond to of 281500

Gee the only code words I see are code words to all men of character. Those ignorant of the character of the President are always looking for code words. It does not matter if one believes in GOD or not. I'd say all who believe in GOD would hold that "Yet there's power wonder-working power, in the goodness and idealism and faith of the American people. " Anyone who thinks that that is not true or few Americans believe that are simply dumb. I believe the President believes there's power wonder-working power, in the goodness and idealism and faith of the American people. I know it's true. And I'm not even a Baptist. I'm an America.

To: FaultLine who wrote (71054)	2/2/2003 11:36:02 PM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 281500

I indicated that every tiny phrase is crafted in an address of this importance so, it's possible... Yeah, an old Atheist like me, who spent a childhood in a lot of Southern Churches, recognized it. See Robert Duval's movie, "The Apostle" and you will recognize it. He constantly uses phrases he is comfortable with. And it summed up the purpose of the speech well. So in spite of the cynicism of Win's answer to your post, I believe he was sincere. And I believe the American people who listened believed that also. The point I have been making about "Values" is true. People are "Buying" Bush on the basis of it.