The President is making a God-awful, boring speech. I wish he would just announce what he has to

[patricia92243]

say - and then give all the details. I have lost interest. I can't help but wonder if President Clinton were announcing the exact same thing - if it would not be short, concise, and easy to understand. I believe even Saint Ronnie, the Great Communicator - could do better.

Sorry, all those that this will make angry, but this is how I feel.

[Wickerman]

1. short, concise - not two things I recall from the Clinton years

Incredibly articulate, but Bill did love his (extended) teaching moments.

Any idea what the announcement is for us cube farmers?

[FourScore]

2. That's very uncharacteristic. n/t

[FarLeftFist]

3. Eh, you win some you lose some.

[eleny]

4. Keep in mind that he's speaking to people in cafes across the Middle East, too

[patricia92243]

10. Good point. Thanks.

[eleny]

13. It occurred to me when I got a little bored, too :)

:hi:

[sharp_stick]

5. And I wasted a total of about 10 seconds

actually reading this. Don't know why, I knew it was going to be pointless but I did it anyway.... now it's up to about 45 seconds because I felt compelled to respond to what must be the most God awful boring OP in the history of DU.

Fuck, pretty soon I'm going to have to get to work, thanks for wasting a minute of my lunch hour.

[patricia92243]

6. You're welcome. Have a nice lunch.

[dionysus]

7. who gives a crap? *sob* even reagan would be better *sob*

:shrug:

[patricia92243]

9. Actually, nobody but me. But that is what a majority of DU is about. It allows us to spout off our

opinions which may or - probably are not - of interest to others.

[dionysus]

11. touche.

[JoePhilly]

8. Bill was nevrer known for giving speeches that were "short, consise and easy to understand"

In 1996, Clinton gave a 76 minute State of the Union address.

Bill was well known as a talker ... and here is how Slate put it back in 2004.
http://www.slate.com/id/2104385/

[jtuck004]

12. Is he still talking about the Middle East? Or has he switched to New Jersey?

"Too many in the region wake up with few expectations other than making it through the day, and perhaps the hope that their luck will change. Throughout the region, many young people have a solid education, but closed economies leave them unable to find a job. Entrepreneurs are brimming with ideas, but corruption leaves them unable to profit from them."

[phleshdef]

14. His speeches usually aren't geared for the short attention span riddled, ADD types.

[Rowdyboy]

15. It has lasted far, far too long....maybe it will play well in the Arab world but I agree

with you 100%.

[Modern_Matthew]

16. Yeah, I tuned out. It was having an adverse effect on my caffeine high. nt

[DFab420]

17. Lol.. Oh no he's using big words and isn't speaking in sound bites! Cannot process!! AHHHH!!!

Really people?

[KG]

18. hater!

you should swoon even if he just read a telephone directory aloud! :P

[frazzled]

19. Boring? I found it riveting

extremely clear, beautifully constructed, and powerful.

We must live in different universes.

[MadBadger]

20. Not watching, but assuming you're overreacting

[BOG PERSON]

21. god-awful maybe

but not at all boring.

[DevonRex]

22. Oh you poor dear. Having to listen to sentences more complex than

"see dog run".

[tularetom]

23. Bill Clinton give a short concise speech? It ain't in his DNA

He first came to national prominence by giving an incredibly long winded and boring speech at the 1988 Democratic Convention. It was so bad that many beltway talking heads were opining that he could never overcome the speech and go anywhere in seeking national office.