We have a runaway horse and carriage here. Somebody grab those reins! I sense a disasterous crash is imminent. And it’s no accident. Hillary! Don’t attack the words! By attacking “words” you have paid a great compliment to your opponent. You have recognized what he is doing is the horse pulling his carriage, and you are not competing in this race if you feel you are behind him in the words department. A president’s stock in trade is words. The words are the contents of the mind. They stand above the deeds, which you say is your strength. Most of us do not see what you are doing or have done. How would we know? Unless you tell us, but when you do tell us, make it sound real good. And as you do would your deeds legislate for the whole world? Are you the model of a great citizen? How does your mind work at processing problems toward solutions? Not so much “what” as “how”! Please do not underestimate the strength of a leader in his power of the use of language to move people.
After the Bush incompetence as a model of communication, I welcome any leader who is a model of persuasion in the use of words. What a magnificent change that would be! When you speak to the nation, your speech is a language link to those whom you would direct and solve problems. THAT’S WORDS! I crave eloquence in our presidents. Look at the sorry model of speaking now in office. The butt of much satire. A regular cartoon character. A truly sad creature. You must be wary of how the political cartoonists will caricature you. I lived in West Texas for some years. There is there only a charm West Texans can appreciate, but it does not have national currency.
With your current turn of direction, you have gone over the hill and around the bend, and soon out of sight. Find a speech writer, or a bunch of them, who will give you a colorful set of words, not window dressing, but words that do justice to the breadth and scope of the vision you may have for our future as a great nation.
