Could you write one paragraph that you would like to hear the President say. I hear this criticism all the time that he is not able to get his point across, but I never hear what he should be saying. Thanks in advance for your ideas.
For example, John Podhoretz is on a talkshow bookselling tour right now. I have heard three different hosts interview him, and he inserts "you know" and "um" in every clause of every sentence he speaks. And he accuses the President of being inarticulate.
Sometimes I think people either do not listen to the President, or do not like what they hear, or have bought the "collective wisdom" about his inarticulation.
The NSA is carefully monitoring communications between people of interest, who may or may not be a danger to this country. We do NOT spy upon ordinary citizens of this country. What we are doing is necessary to prevent another attack like that of 9-11." "America has a long history of helping those in the world that live under the thumb of tyranny, we are not, have not been, nor ever will be, the type of despotic regime we often must fight."
"When this struggle is over, America will no longer need the stringent requirements of the Patriot Act. I have directed members of Congress to put in a sunset clause to Americans that when the threat is vanquished, so will restrictions."
"I have been persuaded that the only way to get a guest worker program through Congress, is to build a fence from the Gulf of Mexico to the Pacific Ocean, only then will we begin negotiations on a proper reordering of immigration priorities, and what to do with those living on our soil."
"Today another American citizen was beheaded by the enemy in an act of horror and cowardice. Ladies and Gentlemen, citizens of the United States and the world, I give you the face of our enemy". .........then show the beheading of several different people, complete with sound.
"Our intelligence has shown that terrorist acts are being planned and launched against our forces from (you name the place), tonight I ask your patience and prayer for our soldiers in far away places. I have ordered an attack against (you name the place) that has been responsible for IED attacks against our troops and the Iraqi people. I will not hesitate to order further attacks against the enemies of humanity, and America in this War on Terror. I say to those foreign powers, that are involving themselves in the internal politics of America, Iraq or Afghanistan, be warned. Thank you and may God bless America."
Pick one or all of the above, they say what I believe the President believes (except for the dream sequence about a fence)but he never articulates or emphasizes fully.