W's speech

[James Farmelant]

In fairness to Reagan, he usually spoke well as
long as he had a set speech in front of him. It was
when he was required to think on his feet such as
in a press conference that he would trip over
his own words thus requiring the services of his
aids to undo the damage that he had done to himself.

------Original Message------
From: Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com>
To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
Sent: September 13, 2000 4:48:47 PM GMT
Subject: Re: W's speech

Tom Mackey wrote:


>This mislocution does not bode well. The successfully muddle-
>mouthed examples of Reagan and Bush the Elder made it clear
>that many voters believe it important that a candidate appears
>imbecilic to non-voters, and those voters vote accordingly.

Yes, but how do you explain Clinton, who's nothing if not articulate?

Doug