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The Speech Heard 'Round the World
GOPUSA.com ^ | 1/25/05 | Vincent Fiore

Posted on 01/26/2005 7:35:54 PM PST by redstate38

Observing one of the more obvious idiosyncrasies concerning President Bush one can always tell when his heart fully believes what his mouth is saying. Contrast the inauguration speech given on Thursday against his occasional press conferences and interviews, and the differences are night and day.

In settings outside of a "big soulful moment," like parrying with the press corps, or even the 2004 State of the Union speech, Bush does not rise to the moment. For in those settings, it is not Bush the visionary, but rather Bush the functionary.

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: freedomliberty; inaguration; inauguraladdress; w2

1 posted on 01/26/2005 7:35:54 PM PST by redstate38
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To: redstate38
Hmmm, Two phrases come to mind:

"It's hard to soar like and Eagle when you're working with turkeys." and

"Don't throw pearls to the pigs."

2 posted on 01/26/2005 8:10:51 PM PST by maine-iac7 (...but you can't fool all of the people all of the time." Lincoln)
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