The President's Speech ; Being a Leader Is About More Than Reading Off a Teleprompter
The Washington Times › March 29, 2011
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When King George VI gave his Sept. 3, 1939, war message to the people of the British Empire, it was a time of great moment. It was a "grave hour," he began, "perhaps the most fateful in our history." The king said that "for the second time in the lives of most of us, we are at war." That, however, was back when war was war. Now it is just kinetic military activity.
The king's speech, so recently dramatized in an Oscar-winning film starring Colin Firth, was significant because though George VI suffered a speech impediment, his message was of the highest importance. President Obama, by contrast, has always been given ludicrously high marks for his abilities as an orator but seldom has anything substantive to say.See the full content of this document
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The President's Speech ; Being a Leader Is About More Than Reading Off a Teleprompter
Mr. Obama waited nine days after U.S. forces began to engage in hostilities in Libya to make a major address to the nation. H...
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