Words you've never heard from the President
It would be an enraging/uplifting exercise if past presidential speechwriters and scholars of those speeches would take a crack at what *should* be said to the nation right now. @danpfeiffer @jonfavs @jdickerson @BeschlossDC @davidfrum @DorisKGoodwin
In any—ANY—other administration, I believe we'd have at least one carefully crafted and heartfelt speech that just mourned the dead, and celebrated the heroes trying to save the ill.
No self praise. No airing of grievances. Just a eulogy.
No self praise. No airing of grievances. Just a eulogy.
Here's the text of FDR's "fear itself" speech, with audio. Note the last few paragraphs: historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5057/ 
