From: Platt Holden (pholden@sc.rr.com)
Date: Fri May 20 2005 - 14:10:08 BST
Hi Mike,
> Just one thing to add on this issue. Has anyone else noticed the
> indignation from many politicians towards Galloway's brazen RHETORICAL
> skills? Perhaps they accuse him for not giving "straight answers" (i.e.
> giving answers and then going on the offensive) because their own failings
> as communicators have been exposed. Many of them rely on obfuscations;
> lawyer-speak; a stream of all-but-meaningless words to put across weak
> points. From their attitudes, it's clear to see that Galloway has exposed
> many politicians as weak, spineless non-entities that have got politics
> into the rut it's currently in. Just listen to the monotone, mumbling drawl
> of Galloway's accuser as he lays out the charges. He rolls on and on, often
> in rushed and incomprehensable fashion, without emphasising any salient
> points. As Pirsig describes, the Socratic tradition has made rhetoric into
> something to be frowned at, as if vital political issues should be
> described in the lifeless, detached way that makes politics feel irrelevant
> to large sections of the public.
>
> All politicians obfuscate in order to "cover their backs" at such hearings.
> What many despise Galloway for is that he did it with passion, making
> strong points, whereas the majority of politicians obfuscate by using
> vague, all-but-meaningless legalese. If nothing else, I admire Galloway for
> refusing to play that game.
Hear, hear. We must be reading each other's minds. I had just finished
sending off my post to Ant that included a line about my admiration of
Galloway for showing up the Republican's lack of cohonies, when I opened
this post from you. Of course, you expressed the whole enchilada much
better than me. Thanks.
Platt
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