Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Who cares? We should care!
Leah recently posted a short paragraph on whether good public-speaking skills for the current candidates running for President matters or not. In my opinion, it most definitely matters. The person elected president will represent the United States and, for me, it's very important that they are able to speak eloquently and intelligently. Now, does a person need adequate public-speaking skills to be elected president? Probably not. As Leah pointed out, President Bush has spent the last seven years delivering poor speeches and mispronouncing words. His lack of public-speaking skills has turned him into a big joke around the world. I, for one, don't want the next elected president (whomever ever it may be) to become a big joke. Bush's lack of public-speaking ability has translated to stupidity and led to the creation of Bushisms and he's even received a Comedy Central show, titled Lil' Bush, revolving around his stupidity. I agree with Leah when she says we need to care and focus on the candidates' opinions and ideas. That, of course, will be the major thing for me when analyzing the candidates. However, the importance of public-speaking skills cannot be underestimated. It is extremely important for this current field of candidates to be able to speak well in public (especially in the debate setting) and it is definitely a big deal.
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Of course public-speaking skills matter. I certainly don't want another dumb-sounding president. However I think it's pretty clear that Barack has plenty of skill in this area, even if he's better reading from a script. My point was that this is probably the least-pressing issue on which to be judging the candidates at this point. Since they can all speak English just fine, let's focus a little more on the things that really distinguish the candidates from each other.
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