how important is it for political leaders to be articulate people?

Question

are great ideas enough? or does it draw away from someone's credibility if they cannot express themselves clearly? (isn't that what speech writers are for?)

reagan: "i am not going to exploit, for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience."

clinton: "part of our essential humanity is paying respect to what God gave us and what will be here a long time after we're gone."

lincoln: "am i not destroying my enemies when I make friends of them?"

bush: "uhh—gosh, i —don't think I ever said I'm not worried about osama bin laden. it's kind of one of those, uhh, exaggerations."




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Answer 1

Being able to communicate your ideas is key. Having a great idea is just the first step. If you can't convince anyone that it IS great, then you may as well forget about it.

Sadly, now that attractive physical attributes play a major role in today's society, you not only have to speak well, you have to look good.

I'm convinced Ralph Nader will NEVER be taken seriously on account of that funky thing he has going on with his right eye. Sad and shallow, just like 75% of our population.

Answer 2

Articulate but not arrogant. Must be able to relate to the people. Most have been in govt so long they are totally out of touch with the real world. Gore, Kerry, Kennedy have never lived in the real world and had to make a living, go to the grocery store, pay bills, just always lived with family money and spent their entire careers in government office. Even Clinton never had a real job. Reagan did, Bush did, Carter, Nixon, Eisenhower, all had real life work experience.

Answer 3

What good is a great idea to a leader when you can not articulate it to someone else. For a leader not to be able to articulate any idea, great or not, to the people he serves is an incredible disadvantage. To convey your intentions clearly, to freind and foe alike, is essential.

Answer 4

None, all the super leaders are super in as much as different's think of they are. it is a query like asking "what's the common that makes chocolate so good?". it is an occasion of is something good because of the fact it is enjoyed or is it enjoyed because of the fact it is good. i might decide for the former in this social amassing. undemanding opinion seems upon say, FDR as good purely because of the fact he suits our definition of good (he defeated the nazis he prevalent social secure practices, etc.) even even though it is available that later he could be regarded down upon for precisely an identical issues. Leaders are super as a results of the ideals of the circumstances.

Answer 5

It's extremelly important so they can express their ideas properly and clearly so people understand. In Bush's case, well I guess a lot of people supported the war because they didn't understand what he was saying but they figured it was ok (dumbasses).