Good Grammar Highlights President-Elect Obama’s First Press Conference

Not for the first time, I have said to those around me that I welcomed a new President for many reasons.  Policy of course was front and center.  But right behind that was the fact that the new leader of the United States would be able to put a number of words together in a sentence without mangling them.  No more would the nation be embarrassed by a leader without a command of the language.  In fact a friend from over-seas wrote this week, and was pleased that we had elected a person who knew how to speak the English language.  Many in America agree.  No more will we need to cringe over the President when he speaks to the country.

At the first press conference by Barack Obama this afternoon it was indeed a pleasure to hear thoughtful and educated responses to the questions.  It is most clear we again have a heavyweight in the Oval Office, with intellect and insight.  The precision with which Obama spoke, the clarity of his ideas, the completeness of sentences…..how did we not throw more things at the TV when President Bush stumbled his way thought his press conferences?

I know that there are many who do not care about the ability of a President to speak grammatically correct.  But for those of us who missed that trait in our leader, it is so nice to have it back.