WarDragon989 wrote:MarkMV wrote:He can't give a fantastic speech? His words alone have inspired hope in a nation, and indeed a world, currently in turmoil. Giving a good speech is about so much more than "playing the crowd". Listen to the words of influencial leaders such as Churchill and Martin Luther King, their words have inspired countless numbers of people, and are still recited to this day. Compare one of their speeches to a speech someone like Bush gave, and there is certainly a clear difference. I wont even bother with the fact that you cited the only sentence or two that he messed up out of an entire days worth of speeches. Look at it this way, untill today the man had done nothing, but through the power of word alone has managed to gain the trust of many nations and put hope in the hearts of just as many. He has the traits of a leader, and right now the western world needs one. Whether he will lead in the right direction remains to be seen, but you are truly underestimating the power of word.
People have not bashed him like Bush, Blair, and Brown, because as of yet he hasn't sent us off to war twice and ruined our economy. Blair and Bush also lied to us about the reasons for sending us to war.
He has stated that he will close Guantánamo Bay and has suspended trials there, and he has also frozen the salaries of high paid White House employees. I believe this is only the start of a more positive chapter in the history of America. I'm not saying he will completely save America like some sort of messiah, but I think he will bring about some good changes. Maybe we, in the UK, can achieve something similar in a few years and throw Labour out of government.
Look all i am saying is that the US Governement has made him a patsy, he's not there on his merits he's there because he looks good. Also those "speeches" are sometimes not his, as i am sure they have fantastic speech writers in the White House who especailly re-cycle good speeches.
A good speech giver is one who can make his own as you said Churchill and Martin L King did but now all he has to do is remember the areas to talk about, and forget to talk from the heart,though he is doing a good job conveying he does.
But whats going to happen after Guantánamo Bay? Everyone is saying its a great thing its a wonderful thing but what happens if we actually release "dangerous" people back on to the street and according to President Obama across the world. Hopefully they can catch a few with the Al Capone Law. =P
We'll see on the Anniversary if he has done anything truely "good" and if he is keeping his promises.
Yeah, because we all vote for people because they "look good" right? It couldn't possibly be that voters like the policies put forward by the candidate, or see one candidate as more capable than the other, right? Your claim perhaps reflects how you judge the rest of the world, but it is ignorant to assume that no Americans have the ability to make an informed decision on who they want to lead their country.
Do you not think Churchill had speech writers? Every polition does. That does not mean that every part of every speech they give is pre-written, because it doesn't work like that.
The closure of Guantanamo Bay is nothing to do with releasing "dangerous" people on to the streets. It is about putting an end to the disgusting violation of the human rights of the terror suspects detained there. Terror suspects will remain terror suspects, but they will not be subjected to the horrific torture methods often used there, which also violate international law, I would like to add.
