I would cast my vote for Clinton. They didn't call him Slick Willy for nothing! He could precisely express just about anything and could form a real connection with his audiences.
2007-06-15 19:58:55 · 14 answers · asked by Tim W 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
ron reagan.slick willy could sell ice to the eskimos.and lie like nobodies business.yes he could really connect with his audiences,he was always picturing them naked.
2007-06-16 04:20:03 · answer #1 · answered by mike hunt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The source of clinton's eloquence, usually, is that he is right. When he's not right his eloquence suffers. I would have to point out, however, that I think the largest poll reversal caused by a few words from some president in modern times was Richard Nixon-everyone hated him, then he went on air and said some crap about how hes a guy with a family, then everyone loved him. Terrible. Eloquent.
2007-06-15 20:31:11 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
In delivered speeches, it's hard to tell, since all presidents now have speech writers. In casual speech, President Clinton is good. President Bush (41, not 43) is good. (How on earth could someone so worldly and refined have a son like GW?!) I don't care for President Carter, and I didn't care for President Ford. Nixon, bad. Johnson, worse. Kennedy, absolutely excellent!
I think my favorite was President Reagan, although he made more than a few mistakes. They didn't call him the "Great Communicator" for nothing. His jokes made you laugh off the mistakes. You knew what he meant.
2007-06-15 20:09:14 · answer #3 · answered by James S 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Clinton's intelligence certainly shines through when he speaks. Kennedy was also great. Clinton wins though because he can speak better than anyone extemporaneously. An interviewer can ask him twenty questions and keep interrupting and Clinton can still go back and answer the questions point after point. No other politician can do that. Bush would forget his name if he were asked a series of questions, that's why he wore a hidden earpiece during the presidential debates..
2007-06-15 20:08:45 · answer #4 · answered by lcmcpa 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
It would have to be either JFK or Reagan.
You never hear anyone quote from a Johnson, Nixon, Ford, Carter or Clinton speech.
People are always quoting JFK and Reagan.
Two comments that will live forever:
JFK - Ask not what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.
Reagan - Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall.
2007-06-16 04:09:02 · answer #5 · answered by jeeper_peeper321 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-24 23:52:34 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well that depends on how you mean modern. Most people say modern when they mean contemporary.
My list of the most eloquent US Presidents of the twentieth century would include:
1.William Jefferson Clinton
2.Theodore Roosevelt
3.Franklin Roosevelt
4.John F. Kennedy
5.Woodrow Wilson
Ronald Reagan was known as the "Great Communicator" but a lot of speeches were really corny as evidenced by his speech addressing the destruction of Space Shuttle Challenger -- "We will never forget them, nor the last time we saw them, this morning, as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and "slipped the surly bonds of earth" to "touch the face of God." "
2007-06-15 20:16:59 · answer #7 · answered by Cacaoatl 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Ronald Reagan was known as 'the great communicator'.
An audience connection depends alot on the content, and not just delivery.
2007-06-15 20:05:53 · answer #8 · answered by Doug G 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
yeah right Tim..talking just like an ambulance chasing lawyer..
being obtuse and vague..one moment..sincere and warm the next..that's eloquent..and the percentage of absolute horse-manure that came out of his mouth..rival the ex- Fornicator in Chief to the Roman Poet Virgil..
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Ronald Reagan...didn't earn "The Great Communicator"
moniker from doting politicos
2007-06-16 01:15:10 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
John F. Kennedy. Clinton modeled himself after JFK, including marital infidelity.
2007-06-15 20:01:52 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋