Requisite Skills

My Apologies, My Father is a Republican.

I don't think he can help it, really. Something is happening to him as he ages. This rabid republicanism bubbles up in him, and he manages to anger and alienate even the most un-politically minded. His arguments are fiercely right-wing, and most infuriating of all, he insists he's middle-of-the-road.

Today is not the day to expound of my father's horrifying political leanings. There's time only for the mention of one bell that rung loudly in a recent conversation we were having.

".... he's not that good of an orator, that's true," said Dad of GW Bush. He had a tone as if to say, so what? As if he just said, "The president's not that good at kneading dough. He could really put more muscle into it." My question to him, and to the rest of the people out there, is shouldn't one of the job requirements for the President of the United States be public speaking, for christ's sake??