Originally Posted by Boomer

It is sad to say that there was one time when we know for sure that President Bush communicated quite clearly with far too many Americans.

"Go to Disney World."

And they did. And to the mall. And on other vacations they could not afford. And home to order all kinds of things they did not need, from those television shopping networks, and, and, and.....Livin' large in a house of plastic cards.

"Go to Disney World." (Subject/Predicate? Sure enough. Imperative Sentence. Subject? The understood (you.) "Go" is the verb, at the start of the predicate which includes the adverbial prepositional phrase "to Disney World." (That's the part of the sentence where he told Americans where to go.)

Hey, I can be snippy this morning if I want to. I voted for him twice. But I did not go to Disney World.

Boomer

Boomer, in advertising we would have called "Go to Disney World" a "call to action." Just the same as "Buy one today!" Good for you for not falling for it. I agree that, sadly, many did.

Originally Posted by Barefoot

Rekop, thanks, your post was really funny. Especially the Palin bit. Glad that we can still laugh about politics.

Even though I wasn't an Obama fan, I now greatly admire his communication skills and his presidential demeanor. His intelligence and elegance shine through.

The post was just meant to be a light hearted, poke fun at the candidates type of thing, nothing more, nothing less. As you said, we were all so serious during the campaign, its nice to have it all over and just be able to sit back and have a few chuckles.

Originally Posted by rekop

The post was just meant to be a light hearted, poke fun at the candidates type of thing, nothing more, nothing less. As you said, we were all so serious during the campaign, its nice to have it all over and just be able to sit back have a few chuckles.

One of my biggest fears as this campaign rolled along was....AND IT STILL HAS NOT SHOWN TO BE THE CASE SO DONT COME AFTER ME.....it seems that we might not ever be able to criticize President Obama, even in jest !

I hope it does not happen, and again...I am NOT saying this is the case..just one of my "concerns"

I am open to anyone criticizing our President on policy or idealogy, but have trouble with the personal stuff.....just think it is mean spirited and tacky !!!

Having said that,one of my critiques of President Bush was his poor presentation of ideas and events, but I also want our President to be himself, and President Bush campaigned twice and won twice being himself.

Originally Posted by Bucco

Having said that,one of my critiques of President Bush was his poor presentation of ideas and events, but I also want our President to be himself, and President Bush campaigned twice and won twice being himself.

One of my critiques of President Bush was his lack of ideas and disinterest in events. Honestly, I don't think I'll ever figure out what people saw in him. Yes, he was voted in twice. Amazing. The kind of guy you'd like to have a beer with? I never voted for him. Maybe it's because I don't like beer.

Originally Posted by Bucco

One of my biggest fears as this campaign rolled along was....AND IT STILL HAS NOT SHOWN TO BE THE CASE SO DONT COME AFTER ME.....it seems that we might not ever be able to criticize President Obama, even in jest !

I hope it does not happen, and again...I am NOT saying this is the case..just one of my "concerns"

I am open to anyone criticizing our President on policy or idealogy, but have trouble with the personal stuff.....just think it is mean spirited and tacky !!!

Having said that,one of my critiques of President Bush was his poor presentation of ideas and events, but I also want our President to be himself, and President Bush campaigned twice and won twice being himself.

All I can say is


1.9 million jobs lost this year and 533,000 this month alone. Its not about the Housing Market anymore.

I think we could have done better without himself.

Originally Posted by chelsea24

One of my critiques of President Bush was his lack of ideas and disinterest in events. Honestly, I don't think I'll ever figure out what people saw in him. Yes, he was voted in twice. Amazing. The kind of guy you'd like to have a beer with? I never voted for him. Maybe it's because I don't like beer.

The ability to communicate to the masses the ideas of others in a convincing manner, especially to give the impression - intentionally or not - that the ideas are actually yours is a skill that a Harvard Law graduate should be expected to have.

Some of the smartest people I have ever known were lousy public speakers, and some of the best confidence games ever played on folk were done by the slickest-sounding, oh-he-just seems-so-trustworthy guys. Enron and most "financial" companies like it were built by such "trust-building" tactics, and a lot of folk now in hindsight still can't believe how they got duped.

Whether President Bush (a not-so-skilled public speaker) or Pres-elect Obama (an adept public speaker) is the better Chief Executive - time will tell, and it will be based on performance, not rhetoric or promises.

Originally Posted by chelsea24

One of my critiques of President Bush was his lack of ideas and disinterest in events. Honestly, I don't think I'll ever figure out what people saw in him. Yes, he was voted in twice. Amazing. The kind of guy you'd like to have a beer with? I never voted for him. Maybe it's because I don't like beer.

I am not going to be put into the position of defending President Bush...it is soon going to be President Obama....but I recall vividly President Bush saying shortly after his second election that he wanted to talk about SS...said he had a idea about privatizing it....BUT also said he was open to ANY suggestions that anyone had on what to do. Sen Reid and Speaker Pelosi actually mocked him on this...I mean mocked him. They said there was no problem with SS and if there was the Democrats would come up with a plan to address it with Charles Rangel leading the charge. They completely ignored his call for OTHER IDEAS and talked exclusively about his plan and how there was no problem.

I have never forgotten that...seems the Democrats have forgotten....no plan..no alternative...now there is a problem they say...and of course we all know what is important to Mr Rangel. I mention him because I recall Speaker Pelosi touting him at the time.

President Bush did a lot of good things and also a lot of bad things but you folks seem to be taking a thread about his problems in presentation and making into yet another bash Bush thread.