Sheoftenmakesabstractstatementsusingsoftorsterilelanguage, likepromisingto “restorefairnesstooureconomy” or “ensure” thatthewealthypaytheirfairshareoftaxes.
Formany, thiscanbereadasoverlyplannedandemotionless, whichexpertssayis a keyreasonsherankslowerinlikability.
I thinkHillaryClintonismoreconventional ... has a moreconventionalrelationshipwithherspeechwriterswheretheyarechannelinghervoiceratherthanreplacinghervoicewithonethatismoreacceptabletovoters.
That's DavidLitt, a formerspeechwriterforPresidentBarackObama.
Tome, DonaldTrump's versionofspeechwritingisreallytheworstversionofwhatspeechwritingcanbe, whichisyouclearlyseethatwhenhe's speakingoff-the-cuff, hedoesn't have a clearsenseofwhathe's talkingabout.
Hedoesn't have a clearsenseofhowthecountryworksorhowtheeconomyworksorhowinternationalandnationalsecuritywork.
AndwhileLittadmitshehold a bias, thereareotherexperttoowhohavesimilaropinionsofTrump's speakingstyle.
AttheRepublicanNationalConvention, Trumpstatedthatthecountrywasin a “momentofcrisis” inwhichattacksonpolice, andterrorism “threatenourverywayoflife.”
ButClintonhad a muchmorepositivetakeonthestateofthenation, sayingAmericahas “themostpowerfulmilitary,” the “mostinnovativeengineers,” the “mostenduringvalues” andthe “mostdynamicanddiversepeopleintheworld.”