What's in a Speech

That sure was an exciting speech John McSame McCain gave Tuesday night, no? You know, the endless repetition of "that's not change we can believe in" followed by the creepy smile that looks like he just said something sexually inappropriate to an underage female relative.

Question to McCain staff: Why would you put your candidate -- not the best orator -- up against a victorious candidate who is a gifted one?

Drudge today carried a link to an article with the headline, "McCain says substance matters more than style." Funny -- that's what Democrats used to say about Ronald Reagan.

Anyway, all of this got me thinking -- is speechifying that important for a President?

I would argue, yes. If you look at most of our greatest presidents they were all great orators.

Lincoln gave good speech
Kennedy gave good speech
Reagan gave good speech (I know not all of you will agree with me that he was a "great" president)


And Obama gives good speech.

With a vast majority of Americans saying our country is on the wrong track, we need a president who can not only unify us but inspire us to a new direction.

That president will not be John McCain