[Destro]

I am the author of those words and if you think Bush "delivered some of the most brilliant political speeches of the past century" I would like to have what YOU are smoking!

By the way, I don't consider speeches important any longer. In fact they are anarchic. Presidents don't even write the words of their speeches so I don't pay them any attention since it turns into a contest on who as the best writers and who is the best actor. Bush is not an actor he is just who he is.

[RobFromGa]

I disagree with every word you wrote above except "the" and "to". The rest is absurd.

[JennysCool]

I'm in agreement with "Right," I've seldom been as moved as I have been by President Bush's speeches. His speech after 9/11 is one of the best I have heard. His talk after the space shuttle disaster was heartfelt and fine; his speeches to the troops have had real fire, camaraderie and spirit. Simply because he doesn't "orate" like a William Jennings Bryan -- or William Jefferson Clinton -- doesn't mean his sincere, down-to-earth, and very American approach isn't quite wonderful in its way. He is a genuinely great public speaker.

[Southern Federalist]

According to Peggy Noonan and other sources I've encountered, the White House speechwriting process for major speeches goes something like this. The speechwriter sits down with the President, and they work up a broad outline of what he wants to say. Speechwriter goes away and produces draft. President goes through draft, red pencils, talks to speechwriter again. Speechwriter goes away and redrafts. The process is repeated until the President is satisfied that the speech says what he wants it to say.

It's more like a collaboration; it certainly isn't Bush just reading what they hand him.

[Jorge]

I am the author of those words and if you think Bush "delivered some of the most brilliant political speeches of the past century" I would like to have what YOU are smoking!

Actually the question is what YOU have been smoking! And where you have been the past 3 years?

Several of Bush's speeches have been widely praised by world leaders and journalists as some of the most brilliant political speeches in our lifetimes.

He has gotten significant bumps in the polls after some of these speaches, they were that good.

[carton253]

Destro, you can't be serious.

RightfromtheLeftCoast is correct when he says:

The man's delivered some of the most brilliant political speeches of the past century and that's not just my opinion. I don't know what this author is smoking, but I want some.

Especially the speech on 9/25/2001 - which he helped to write. I remember Karen Hughes showing us the outline and drafts... the President had his comments all over it.

Plus the two UN speeches...the Speech in Britain and in Australia... and the State the of the Union speech in Jan 2002 were brilliant.