You missed my point Chuck.

Sure Hillary and Al are not POTUS, but both Al was the VPOTUS and a
presidential candidate. Hillary holds high office and is a possible
candidate in 2008. Lastly, the quotes I posted from WJC spoke loudly of his
credibility (more important than any oral blunders) and illustrated that
even a fine public speaker such as himself can slip up with verbal miscues
(as you call them).

As I said in my post, it happens to the best of them.


"Gould 0738" wrote in message
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Jim:

Al Gore and Hillary are not POTUS.
You quoted some of their verbal miscues.
Not the same thing as Bush screwing up, since they are not POTUS.

You also quoted some mangle-speak by Clinton. All the time he was in
office you
guys said "He's not fit to be president!"
If we're going to apply the same standards, then we should be able to
apply the
same criticism. GWB's lack of *verbal* IQ (he may be fine in other areas)
is
an international joke.

Clinton had little or no regard for the truth.
Bush would be unable to articulate the truth even *if* he understood it.

Language is the currency of diplomacy.
It really is important for national leaders to be able to speak logically
and
coherently.
Whatever Bush's strong points might be, public speaking shore ain't among
'em,
y'all hear?

Certain Presidents have been better public speakers than others. IMO, some
of
the best in the last 50 years have been Clinton, Reagan, and Kennedy.
Johnson
was fair to middlin', Eisenhower was sincere, Carter was candid, Nixon was
always runnin' for his life, and others just managed to be OK. The present
Bush
is at the bottom of the heap, as far as public speaking goes (IMO).