Posted on 04/09/2005 3:33:29 PM PDT by FairOpinion
McGurn replaced Mike Gerson, who is taking on other duties in the West Wing. Gerson, who was often seen scribbling at a coffee shop near the White House, filled speeches by the famously plainspoken Bush with soaring rhetoric tinged with religious overtones.
Gerson finally persuaded McGurn, a longtime Wall Street Journal columnist and chief editorial writer, to take his place. He admired McGurn's ability to turn an elegant phrase when advocating conservative social politics and complex economic issues, the latter especially timely as Bush promotes his plan to introduce private retirement accounts as part of Social Security.
``I was taught in philosophy that you write clearly when you think clearly; a president who is consistent with his speeches will be a good speechgiver - and the whole world saw this with President Bush after the Iraqi elections. What made the State of the Union so powerful is that his words on Iraq were illuminated by the recent elections - and these were possible only because he stood his ground. I can say this because I was only a minor player'' in the speech, McGurn said.
Now, he says of Bush, ``I see this guy as the man standing between my daughters and very bad people.''
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Here is a speech he can write for W.
"Today I have closed the borders........"
Beat me by a a few minutes. I shouldn't be posting while watching the Masters. Lesson learned.
If I knew you were going to post it, I wouldn't have.
Got to brush up on the old ESP. ;)
Here's my favorite part:
``My little girl, a year ago, was on her back in some crummy Chinese orphanage. A couple of days ago she was walking on the White House lawn. It's amazing.''
How amazing to know you made such a difference in a child's life.
Thanks!
They keep moving the darn links.
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