Throughout the Internet over the last few years, those who have been in the personal presence of W.... always have the same message of John at Powerline. It was, in short, the most inspiring forty minutes I've experienced in politics. And I think I remember, he was one of those predicting defeat for W in '04.
Meet W from this article..... then from Powerline the post titled, "Hail to the Chief" and repeat, "Let Bush be Bush."
They both may be right, but I'd like to submit an alternative explanation for Bush's linguistic deficit.
Language barrier.
This theory occurred to me not long ago at an off-the-record luncheon with Bush and a hundred or so of his supporters. I was the guest of a guest, and welcomed the opportunity to observe the president in his natural habitat.
What I witnessed was revealing. Not only was the man fluent in the English language and intellectually agile, he was knowledgeable on a wide range of subjects raised during a 90-minute Q&A. Someone apparently had been slipping intellectual-curiosity tablets into Bush's cola.
Toward the end, one of the guests said, "Mr. President, I think if Americans could hear you speak the way you have today, you'd have a 95 percent approval rating.''
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