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JFK was a great speaker - To young for FDR

Posted on: September 18, 2016 at 10:44:59 CT
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Obama is a good speaker, but lets face it, the competition just isn't that stiff these days.

JFK's speeches showed a great command of the English language. FDR has a reputation for being a very good speaker but he died before I was born.

And of course, MLK was a great great speaker, one of the best in my lifetime. It really helps when you have something to say.

In general, the ability to use language is in decline as people no longer write letters and fewer read books.

When reading quotes from the 1800s to 1920s I am always struck by the eloquence of the language.
Of course that may be survival bias, as the best examples of writing from earlier times are preserved while the inarticulate drivel is discarded.

Edited by Knucklehead at 10:48:19 on 09/18/16
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Obama is the most articulate speaker we may have ever had - raskolnikov MU - 9/17 20:45:43
     JFK was a great speaker - To young for FDR - Knucklehead MU - 9/18 10:44:59
     wow just wow. Do you pay health insurance?(nm) - tigerNkc KC - 9/18 00:21:46
     He's a sh*t salesman with a mouthful of samples (nm) - Tigrrrr! MU - 9/17 21:06:31
     He is a great bullshyter, one of the all-time best - 615Tiger STL - 9/17 21:04:03
     Good lord man (nm) - Sal KC - 9/17 20:48:41
     He's just reading a damn script. - Evenflow MU - 9/17 20:47:27
          He writes his own speeches for the most part - the one - raskolnikov MU - 9/17 21:05:18
               RE: He writes his own speeches for the most part - the one - Bulldog Bob Brown STL - 9/18 00:52:49
                    I have been mad at him at times too, though that post tended - raskolnikov MU - 9/18 08:26:30
               Ronald Reagan is called The Great Communicator. - BigTime SEMO - 9/17 23:47:32
                    What are you talking about "went to the American people - raskolnikov MU - 9/18 08:22:32
               No he doesn't (nm) - Sal KC - 9/17 21:14:08
                    Not all, but many he does, yes(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 9/17 21:32:06
               Uh, huh. - Evenflow MU - 9/17 21:08:17
     Game's on, but Obama was not a better speaker than - JeffB MU - 9/17 20:47:09
          Best in our country as I said(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 9/17 21:07:39
               Reagan kicked his ass as far as public speaking(nm) - tigerNkc KC - 9/18 00:22:39
                    They are different - raskolnikov MU - 9/18 08:24:21
               'Best' mass-murderer is nothing to be proud of. (nm) - JeffB MU - 9/17 21:30:45
                    Guess what - Obama doesn't perform abortions - a legal act(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 9/17 21:31:39
                         Hitler didn't pull the levers in his death chambers. (nm) - JeffB MU - 9/17 21:50:11
                         Wait, who said anything about abortions? (nm) - Sal KC - 9/17 21:32:42
                              Jeff is often excited about them and brings them up(nm) - raskolnikov MU - 9/17 21:39:15
                                   Well, Obama is also responsible for an awful lot of the - JeffB MU - 9/17 21:52:26
                                        Sorry - raskolnikov MU - 9/17 22:15:35
                                             P.S. The Mizzou loss is on you as well. - JeffB MU - 9/17 22:32:29
                                                  I was able to do both, this and the game - raskolnikov MU - 9/18 08:29:08
                                                       That's what Bernie Madoff was telling his investors - JeffB MU - 9/18 09:27:10
                                             Wow, you really want to go with the 'maybe he wasn't as bad - JeffB MU - 9/17 22:30:30
                                                  Hitler is hardly in the discussion - raskolnikov MU - 9/18 08:31:19
                                                       Obama has been the champion and protector of the - JeffB MU - 9/18 09:50:30
                                                            Jeff. Abortions are legal in the US. Period - raskolnikov MU - 9/18 10:10:32
          lol (nm) - Sal KC - 9/17 20:48:56




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