Bill Clinton. No matter what personal feelings you have toward (or against) him, there is one thing that I feel that almost any American can agree with is that Bill Clinton had a way with words. Granted to have quite a “memorable presidency,” Bill Clinton had a way of making the American people feel safe. When you see Bill Clinton make a speech, you can see the way that he presents himself to the American people: smooth, strong, confident, and passionate about public speaking. So when the Atlantic Wire published an article about how Bill Clinton was able to completely deviate from his prepared speech, and go off a whim, it brought his public speaking to a whole other level.
I know that when I made my RCL speech, I was nervous like there was no tomorrow. I tried to keep up with my pre-written outline and make sure I tried hit all my points in a chronological manner because otherwise, I feared that I would lose my pace and go off on a tangent that I would not be able to get myself out of. So when I heard about how Bill Clinton had a PRE-WRITTEN speech and didn’t even need to use it, I couldn’t even think of how I would be able to pull of a show like that. When analyzing the difference between Clinton’s pre-written speech versus the speech that he actually gave, I was amazed not only by the amount of content that Bill Clinton deleted, but by the amount that he added. It was amazing how this man, could pull of such a smooth speech without needing a moment to collect his thoughts, or show any sign of worrying about his timing or what he was saying. He was able to give off a wonderful speech that spoke to the American people. It was truly a Clinton speech, given by one of the country’s greatest public speakers.