[Texasforever]

I can't believe what I am reading. For crying out loud you have two young women who give the first speech of their lives in front of 10 million people using words written by someone else and there are supposed adults on this forum that, it would be safe to say, have never spoken in front of more than 10 people in their lives hyperventilating over NOTHING!. Fire the speech writer and forget it. For there to be this level of navel gazing is embarrassing. In fact it is far more embarrasing than anything these girls did or did not do.

[Remember_Salamis]

"I can't believe what I am reading. For crying out loud you have two young women who give the first speech of their lives in front of 10 million people using words written by someone else and there are supposed adults on this forum that, it would be safe to say, have never spoken in front of more than 10 people in their lives hyperventilating over NOTHING!. Fire the speech writer and forget it. For there to be this level of navel gazing is embarrassing. In fact it is far more embarrasing than anything these girls did or did not do."

-- I think the speech was awful, but when I say it was significant, I'm being sarcastic.

[COURAGE]

They have an excuse now if Bush loses, it's the girls fault.

[Choose Ye This Day]

I guess that's the whole point: if they weren't ready for it, perhaps they shouldn't have been up there in the first place, on live television, in front of millions of people. Yes, public speaking is difficult; I know, I speak to large groups almost every day.

It is no big deal. They were lousy. The world moves on. President Bush will still win the election. Don't get yourself so exercised over a little criticism.