Interesting thread so far, I only disagree that the media told me who was the better of the two at giving speeches. As I said, Mr. Clinton could make a pile of dog crap sound like a mountain of gold. President Bush on the other hand suffers.
Perhaps due to his commitment to his duty, refusing to lie like a dog as he's accused of doing, but he does come across a little rough.(I'll take that over BS any day)
Personally, I like his "down to earth", somewhat uneasy style. It's easier to relate to than some rehearsed sack of lies that most of us have come to be accustomed to. (Unfortunately, alot of folks prefer the rehearsed sack of lies...)
When kids take speech class in high school two things are evaluated, entertainment value and the power of persuation. Not saying that's right but I feel President Bush would be well served to capitolize on the latter just a tad. (...just a tad, I don't need another liar in office abusing the power) Mr. Clinton served 2 terms based on nothing more. Nothing more.
Never has a United States President been faced with the evil we've seen. Not to take away from past tragedies but look at what we're up against. We could face the darkest of times that could ever come to be our history. I'll take my current choice and feel right by him, we could do so much worse.
Just one small EDIT, as I did go visit some liberal folks tonite. It seems we're living in a McDonald's culture. Fast food, fast everything. Seems these folks would prefer the sacrifice of national security over their "right to know" everything that exists behind the scenes, so to speak. As if we the public deserve to know everything our government knows RIGHT NOW. Now I'm not big on government secrets but I'm not dumb enough to expect full disclosure immediately. Seems these folks think the government should share any and all intelligence with them by way of international new services. Scary.