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<blockquote data-quote="RidgeHunter" data-source="post: 1726821" data-attributes="member: 4319"><p>Off-topic, but revisiting Ike speeches made me think of something. Notice how decades ago, when presidents addressed the public they sounded like they were speaking to adults, about "grown-up" things? Not just Ike, but many presidents/politicians of from that era or earlier.</p><p></p><p>Compare that to today, and every presidential speech has sounded the same for years - like they are speaking to children.<em> "America is great; I'm great; the party I represent is great. You guys are great for supporting me. I want to have the opportunity to do more great things for you, because we're all so damn great."</em></p><p></p><p>There are no great ideas coming from presidents - nothing remotely intellectual, thought-provoking or even meaningful. Certainly nothing contentious or ballsy. Simple language and simple, innocuous, vapid, feel-good fluff. If you ran an Ike speech on TV today I doubt most people would even be able to follow it well enough to begin to comprehend it. We got dumb, kids.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RidgeHunter, post: 1726821, member: 4319"] Off-topic, but revisiting Ike speeches made me think of something. Notice how decades ago, when presidents addressed the public they sounded like they were speaking to adults, about "grown-up" things? Not just Ike, but many presidents/politicians of from that era or earlier. Compare that to today, and every presidential speech has sounded the same for years - like they are speaking to children.[I] "America is great; I'm great; the party I represent is great. You guys are great for supporting me. I want to have the opportunity to do more great things for you, because we're all so damn great."[/I] There are no great ideas coming from presidents - nothing remotely intellectual, thought-provoking or even meaningful. Certainly nothing contentious or ballsy. Simple language and simple, innocuous, vapid, feel-good fluff. If you ran an Ike speech on TV today I doubt most people would even be able to follow it well enough to begin to comprehend it. We got dumb, kids. [/QUOTE]
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