tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post5686972091464927449..comments2023-03-31T19:54:02.251-07:00Comments on the OBSCENE machine: Fanon, Bush, etc.William A. Nericciohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16009498659408734670noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-6565808444666348732007-05-02T14:20:00.000-07:002007-05-02T14:20:00.000-07:00The focus of this video wasn't his Texas twang but...The focus of this video wasn't his Texas twang but the words he was saying. His speeches ten years later compared to his earlier ones in fact seem slower, choppy, and incoherent. "...they never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people; and neither do we." What is that? This video is suggesting that there is something wrong with him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-86604964438119422402007-04-25T18:02:00.000-07:002007-04-25T18:02:00.000-07:00Julie Mitzele493802363503I am certainly no fan of ...Julie Mitzel<BR/>e493<BR/>802363503<BR/><BR/>I am certainly no fan of George W.'s, and I admittedly have not compared recordings of his speech that demonstrate whether his Texas twang has gotten stronger since he entered the White House, still I think it important to mention that at the age of 15 it is possible for a male speaker of a language/dialect/accent to move and still retain his speech Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-40131279107397046732007-04-19T17:56:00.000-07:002007-04-19T17:56:00.000-07:00More so than “what does George W. Bush’s mastery o...More so than “what does George W. Bush’s mastery of the English language show us about his world”, what does it say about ours? Barring the “pre-senile dementia” that was suggested in the video, was his change of speech pattern done so in an attempt to “dumb-down” his message for the American public? In a day and age when so much of what comes through the media has been edited, filtered, and Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37977602.post-64062827937429887052007-04-13T19:00:00.000-07:002007-04-13T19:00:00.000-07:00And yet, Bush's Texas twang is a statement of powe...And yet, Bush's Texas twang is a statement of power, and he may have taken it on in order to express the power that the "common man" has, or should have, if one votes for Bush. It may not even be natural, according to many (this from an article on the <A HREF="http://www.pbs.org/speak/seatosea/americanvarieties/texan/drawl/" REL="nofollow">pbs website:</A>)<BR/><BR/>"Perhaps the best example of The authorshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16619109088861082994noreply@blogger.com