[78-L] 1st Family

[David Lennick]

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "martha" <MLK402 at verizon.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 8:58 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] 1st Family (was: It's BAAAACK!)
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> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> As well, JFK's notable "accent" made
>>> it quite easy to parody his speech patterns; OTOH, virtually all of the
>>> previous presidents had the hopelessly-bland sound of the "midwest"..
>>
>> Well, Ike and Harry, but surely not FDR
> 
> Nor Coolidge for that matter...so I'm wondering what Steve means by 
> "virtually all the previous presidents"?  Are any of them on record before 
> McKinley?  Teddy R and Wilson sure didn't have bland mid-Western voices 
> either.
> 
> Taylor
> 

And McKinley is rendered by an actor or two, not heard in his own voice.

dl