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Originally posted by skywalker:
Very little if anything in Bush's planned speeches are "off the cuff". You can see that by the way he keeps using the same phrases over and over. I tend to dislike it because phrases like "get him dead or alive", "smoke'em out of their holes", "they are evildoers", "bring them to justice", and others become little more than catch phrases. I'd like hear something different so that it least it sounds legit and real.
I think he sounds best when he's not in a scripted enviroment and he "comes across" like a regular guy. His initial visit to "ground zero" was a prime example.
Some presidents have been great at turning phrases like
Ronald Reagan's "There he goes again!"(referring to Jimmy Carter in a 1980 debate), and "Tear down this wall!"(in Berlin). Reagan had a great ability to make both "off the cuff" remarks and scripted remarks sound natural and conversational, while others, like Bush, don't.
Charisma can be a dangerous thing, too! People judging you on your personality and not your actions isn't really good for public office.