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This feature is taken from E.A.9.11, Group 7.
See the entire discussion: When the President Speaks.
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Gray |
03:47pm Mar 31, 2002 EST |
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What are you thinking? Have you listened to his speeches or press conferences? Have you heard him quoted? What about other people who speak to us on a regular basis? Do you have a favorite quote? Please share :)
i dont really listen to his speeches. i find them boring. i mean i love Bush, i'm a republican but i've never been one to sit around and listen to speeches about anything. the only quote i remember him saying was something like,"we will bring the evildoers to justice!" Evildoers! lol! but i havent listened to anybody's speeches on a regular basis.
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Locke |
11:35am Apr 1, 2002 EST |
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I gotta kick out of something he said right after Sept. 11th. He urged the nation to pray for the souls of those effected by Sept. 11th. Then he asks us to pray for victory in our "war on terrorism."
Now... Imagine for a second that you are God. Here you have this group of people in America asking for you to vanquish their enemy. Then you have some people over in the middle east asking their god for their enemies to be vanquished. Who's God is mightier? Personally, I don't feel like I need to pray to ask for my enemy to be vanquished... I'm on the side with the bigger guns.
...punch and pie
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Gray |
02:07pm Apr 1, 2002 EST |
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I personally looooove all speeches, press conferences, updates, announcements, photos, articles, etc., related even in the smallest degree to the President, and certain people close to him. I cannot believe what I am hearing usually. I feel so honored to witness all of this, really. Really people the speeches are NOT boring just listen. The word Evil shows up regularly, and there are catch phrases! Catch phrases people! Whoever writes his speeches puts Saturday Nigh Live to shame. Am I alone on this one?
No Gray you're not alone on this one...when they first elected Bush though my first reaction was "here we go, another four years run by an idiot..." only b/c he wasn't that great of a public speaker. Then after 9/11 I began to respect him more. The way he took charge and comforted the nation when we were at our darkest hour..I read somewhere that he is the post popular president since FDR and at first I didn't understand..but we started studying WWII and then I saw the parallels between Bush and FDR. I dunno...I just respect him more than I respected Clinton..but then again how could you respect Clinton?
Actually, I think president should write thier own speeches... I know they don't have time, but still, anyone see where I'm going?
Bushes speeches scare me. Honestly. I just feel that there is no place in this 'New Patriotic America' for people who don't agree with him. Like me. I think that using phrase (such as The Evil One) may be rather... er.... poetic, and a heck of a lot more interesting than Osama bin laden.... But its making him out to be an inhuman thing. I think in war that its important to remember your enimies are human too.
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