Communication Is The Key
Posted by Matt on February 26, 2009
On Tuesday night, history was made as President Barack Obama addressed the joint houses of Congress for the first time. I, however, didn’t watch the President’s speech at all. People tend to not enjoy my company whenever Obama speaks, because I always seem to feel an inexplicable urge to respond to every statement that he makes.
Truthfully, I was much more interested in watching Gov. Bobby Jindal of Louisiana deliver the Republican response to President Obama. Gov. Jindal is an amazing conservative who has completely turned around the state of Louisiana. Considering that many consider Gov. Jindal to be a “rising star’ in the GOP, I was very interested to see how he would fare in his first prime time speech.
I was pretty disappointed. Although the substance in his speech was good, Gov. Jindal appeared to be uncomfortable reading from a teleprompter. I also think that his delivery didn’t encourage anyone to actually take seriously what he was saying. In short, he came across as too nice. In Gov. Jindal’s case, for him to be taken seriously as a speaker, he needs to come across as more determined and aggressive than he was on Tuesday night.
The most influential figures in politics are always able to communicate a message effectively. Franklin Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, and now Barack Obama have all proven this. For Republicans to take back the White House in 2012, we need someone who is capable of communicating the conservative message strongly and effectively. In my view, the only person who can currently do that is Mike Huckabee.
It is way too early to endorse a candidate for 2012, however, if all the “potential” Republican candidates were to announce today, I would have to again endorse Mike Huckabee. I’m not writing off anyone, but if Bobby Jindal and Sarah Palin intend to elevate their political careers any further, they need to specialize their messages, so that voters in primary states will take them seriously. I think that Govs. Jindal and palin are both great public servants, but if they are the best and brightest that we can offer, then they better improve on their communication skills.
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LarryJackson said
I agree that Governor Jindal’s delivery could have been much better, but I don’t put as much stock in that as some people might. One thing for sure, Mike Huckabee is still my candidate for 2012. I do think he needs to do something different than a television show to keep his name in the news. I am not convinced a television show is the best use of his talents.
dpcpastor said
Matt, Palin has her weaknesses but not to credit her exceptional communication skills wold be a big mistake. She is a communicator at least on par with Huckabee. I also would not write off Jindal. The forum is a bad one for any speaker. No one ever looks good in the responses. remember the louder the main stream laughs and the harder they attack only means they see the person as a threat that must be stopped. the left cannot allow a successful conservative women to be portrayed as she really is so they caricticture her as a bimbo. They cannot allow a minority to be a Republican because he defies all their stereotypes, so they laugh and call him a nerd. They cannot allow a Republican to be a strong governor who came from the most humble of beginnings, so they call him a hick. If my theory is true Huckabee, Jindal and Palin are our strongest candidates. ALso, it looks like the media is already begun to go sweet on Romney so he is possibly our weakest.
dpcpastor said
Man, allot of typos in my previous response. Sorry.
tommy2chips said
Jindal seems like a good fellow. I did like his speech.