So, if voters weren't judging their Presidents on their ability to deliver words from a teleprompter, what were they judging them on?for most of the Republic's first century, the [State of the Union] was a modest, informational affair. Presidents sent the written address to Congress, to be read aloud by a clerk. That was thanks to President Jefferson, who thought delivering the speech before Congress assembled smacked too much of a king's "Speech from the Throne."
State of the Union - Judging a Book By Its Cover
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Salty American
on Tuesday, January 26, 2010
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From Gene Healy in the Washington Examiner (here):
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