I watched Romney and McCain give speeches the other night. They were addressing a
gathering of conservatives. Romney gave such an eloquent and graceful talk that I regreted his withdrawal from the race for the nomination. McCain followed with a most powerful presentation and made me feel much better about having to support him. But----
One must remember that none of these guys write their own stuff. They all have staffs of expert writers and so the words that they utter are not theirs. How much of what they say really reflects what they are thinking ?
Politicians are not the only offenders. I watched Jay Leno the other night as he struggled through his program sans help from his staff. Pathetic ! Not funny ! I suppose anyone could be funny if someone were writing ones stuff. The really funny ones are the faceless writers who never get credit for their efforts.
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Much as you watch Jay Leno, we will often watch someone I am sure you have no love for - Jon Stewart. Yes, very "liberal" - but usually funny.
However much less so since the writer's stike.
I suspect most - if not all - politicians sound pretty ordinary without their cadre of speech writers.
One can hope that even if the words are not theirs, the ideas are.
Before this writer's strike I had no idea how dependent everyone was on them. I was disappointed to find out that many of the people I thought were funny are really not, Jay Leno at the top of the list. But the news is good. Looks like they've come to some sort of agreement,and we will soon be laughing our heads off like we used to before the strike.
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