[kj] OT: Bush: "I am reminded ... ofPhilippine-Americanswhen Ieat dinner"

[B. Oliver Sheppard]

There is a video on YouTube that shows Bush's public peaking manner in 
the 90s, when he was governor of Texas, during a debate (with Ann 
Richards, I think), versus his way of speaking at some debate in this 
decade, and the difference is striking. In the 90s video he's actually 
really articulate, has good poise, great vocabulary, and all of that. 
Now it's easy to manufacture a comparison that pits someone's best day 
against their worst day, but the 90s video of Bush's debating skills 
compared to now -- it was just really striking. It's like he's slowly 
going the Ronald Reagan route or something, I dunno.

But I've always felt his handlers, his minders, and the cabinet people 
that surround him are much more devious and sinister, a real modern day 
rogue's gallery, and he's just the faux populist front for it all.

-Oliver


ade wrote:

> Nice one. And I'd say the gaffes, etc, are simply down to a lack of sophistication, which likely endears him to a lot of his supporters. They prefer a politician they can understand, which is fair comment really. I think that's a common problem that people like him appear to be the answer to, for that particular section of the public.

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