emperor bush has often made some VERY stupid remarks, and often times comes across as not knowing much at all about what he’s talking about. now, this report adds a whole other level to this story.
for someone in his position, not only should he be expected to use the english language with at least an average level of competency, he should be expected to know at LEAST as much about what he’s saying in his speeches to be able to pronounce the words he is saying, NOT TO MENTION being expected to read and comprehend these terms.
which brings to mind questions such as:
how long has he needed these phonetic cues for his public appearances?
does he even review, much less rehearse his speeches before appearing live before worldwide audiences?
does the president even know what he’s talking about anymore? [the more obvious question of whether he can be trusted to do his job seems to be a moot point these days...]
white house spokeswoman dana perrino’s comments in defense of this practice only seem to add doubt to her story: “I don’t know how the draft of the speech that was not final was posted but it was and it was taken back” …she then went on to add: “Anyone giving a major speech or delivering a broadcast, like on the morning and nightly network news, has phonetics for cues just for the possibility they’re needed.”
yeah, it’s one thing for a talking head/news anchor to need cues - many of them don’t even do their own reporting and fact-checking, and most all of them come in contact with entirely new names and terms every night - but it’s another issue entirely when the president of the united states needs tutoring at the podium on how to say the names of people like the president of france, a name he should know well by now.
while political leaders having speech-writers isn’t a new idea, this report should cause serious questioning of whether bush has the capacity to do the job he was elected to do. furthermore, if he’s not capable, who has been writing these speeches and directing our government for all these years?
do i even have to use the words “shadow government”?
-aytch
Filed under: Discourse by stephen h @ 1:36 am on September 25, 2007
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