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To: JohnM who wrote (39321)	4/13/2004 10:53:27 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793903

He thinks well on his feet, but doesn't speak well on his feet. Very different. Often related, but not always. He's a physical thinker. Common among jocks. Would have made a good war leader back in the days of swords on horseback.

To: JohnM who wrote (39321)	4/14/2004 12:05:59 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793903

He doesn't think well on his feet. I don't think glibness is a job requirement. In fact, a glib president is a scary president. Groucho was an oral speed demon, and he might have made an amusing President for a couple of weeks before disaster struck. Bush suffers from his father's affliction--a failure to comprehend how merciless television really is. He acts as if he is conducting a conversation in a living room, a communications mistake but not one that I think is going to hurt him since I think voters know full well that glibness does not translate into substance. To me, and I think to the rest of the electorate, his communications failings are eminently forgivable because the message is the right one. We all know people who are tongue-tied but brilliant. I can understand how others might not think so, particularly the fast-talking guys and gals on the left and right coasts, who might be more interested in a game show host for president. Not me, thank you.