Tuesday, April 13, 2004

A Question After The President's News Conference

Doesn't he practice for these things?

Yes, I know he does. But it was painful to listen to at times. I was also reminded once again of the differences in medium between radio and television, as I caught some of the news conference on radio, some on the tele. On the radio you hang on every word and syllable and Bush's verbal struggles are magnified. On television he projects more of an image of strength and confidence, which helps you get past the less than stellar responses he was dishing out.

My advice would have been to keep to it simple. His tendency to veer off into long rambling answers diluted the powerful underlying messages he was trying to get across.

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