Posted on 10/19/2004 11:28:28 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
...Kerry proves incapable of reading simple declarative sentences. He inserts dependent clauses and prepositional phrases until every sentence is a watery mess. Kerry couldn't read a Dick and Jane book to schoolchildren without transforming its sentences into complex run-ons worthy of David Foster Wallace. Kerry's speechwriters routinely insert the line, "We can bring back that mighty dream," near the conclusion of his speeches, presumably as an echo of Ted Kennedy's Shrum-penned "the dream will never die" speech from the 1980 Democratic convention. Kerry saps the line of its power. Here's his version from Monday's speech in Tampa: "We can bring back the mighty dream of this country, that's what's at stake in these next two weeks."
Kerry flubs his punch lines, sprinkles in irrelevant anecdotes, and talks himself into holes that he has trouble improvising his way out of. He steps on his applause lines by uttering them prematurely, and then when they roll up on his TelePrompTer later, he's forced to pirouette and throat-clear until he figures out how not to repeat himself. He piles adjective upon adjective until it's like listening to a speech delivered by Roget.
Kerry's health-care speech Monday in Tampa was a classic of the form. The written text contained a little more than 2,500 words. By the time he was finished, Kerry had spoken nearly 5,300 words—not including his introductory remarks and thank-yous to local politicians—more than doubling the verbiage. Pity his speechwriters when you read the highlights below. It's not their fault.
(Excerpt) Read more at slate.msn.com ...
I was thinking the same thing. By the time he danced around every question and blamed the president for everything under the sun, I forgot what the question was. It seemed like he worked "this president is wrong" and "I have a plan" into every response, whether it fit the subject of the question, or not. He also contradicted himself throughout the debates.
How do you respond to such rambling nonsense!
Thinking back to school days, I would really hate to diagram some of Kerry's sentences. Some of them would take up a whole page just for one sentence.
But with an unprincipled, pandering, politically driven, ethically hollow one?
"It was a dark and stormy night on my Swiftboat in Cambodia................"
Actual Kerry: Most of all, my fellow Americans, I pledge to you that I will always level with the American people, because it's only by leveling and telling the truth that you build the legitimacy and gain the consent of the people who ultimately we are accountable to. I will level with the American people.
Kerry's Script: I will work with Republicans and Democrats on this health care plan, and we will pass it.
Actual Kerry: I will work with Republicans and Democrats across the aisle, openly, not with an ideological, driven, fixed, rigid concept, but much like Franklin Roosevelt said, I don't care whether a good idea is a Republican idea or a Democrat idea. I just care whether or not it's gonna work for Americans and help make our country stronger. And we will pass this bill. I'll tell you a little bit about it in a minute, and I'll tell you why we'll pass it, because it's different from anything we've ever done before, despite what the Republicans want to try to tell you.
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I've only been up for an hour, but after that I need a nap...
The real hero in Kerry's campaign is the guy who operates the teleprompter.
I loved this one:
Kerry's Script: That's wrong, and we have to change it.Meanwhile, his speechwriter is tapping away at his computer,Actual Kerry: Well, that's wrong. We had a chance to change it in the Congress of the United States. They chose otherwise. And I'll talk about that in a minute.
I know just what you mean. I worked with a guy once that would always have one good point to make. But somehow, his brain told him that one point wasn't good enough to make an impact. So he would ALWAYS make his point and follow it with "this, that and the other." It almost became a vocal tic like "y'know?" is these days. It drove me crazy that he couldn't develop a clear, structured and logical argument in his mind before putting his mouth to work. Kerry reminds me a lot of that guy. What was that old saying..."Engage brain before putting mouth in gear?"
It took 20+ years for Senator Kerry to learn to be as filabustery as he is.
I see Kerry use that line / tactic over and over and over.... does ehe ever actually get to what He's gonna talk about?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!!!!!????!?!!??!!?
Geez, the guy's like my boss ... he'll drone on and on with off-topic anecdotes, mixed metaphors, flubbed cliches, monologues on tedious minutiae, annoying verbal tics, and 50-cent words of which he has no idea of the meanings. I often leave having no idea what he said, just like Kerry! His writing is even worse than his speech.
The guy even looks like Kerry. Work is hell.
Man of the people! :) That's how ya live life and lead. :) Peace.
Pompous windbag. Liberals are enchanted with the style of Kerry's words - that's what they think makes him smart. Most people know better in that when you look at the substance of what is said - there's NOTHING there. Kerry not only can't read a simple speech if his life depended on it, he is apparently unable to get whatever he believes in across to his audience.
I really believe if Kerry would get elected, he would be the most boring president this country ever had, or will have.
Boring -- and dangerous.
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