But ultimately I think both of the prime-time speaker probably gave "pretty good" speeches — flawed but effective addresses that did the speakers, their party and its nominee more good than harm.
A recent study by researchers in Finland attempted to address flaws in previous brain-imaging studies of inner speech.
The nominating speech, despite its flaws, made Foraker a national figure.
But, as John Parsons and I pointed out at the time, her speech is deeply flawed at many levels and absolutely does not represent the public views of the F.D.I.C. or the Federal Reserve.
And to be fair, my vote for Best Picture, The King's Speech, also seemed flawed in that it created a lot of suspense around a speech which could have easily been delivered by having the king listen to loud music over headphones.
Some financially able recruits had used the bounty system to buy their way out of service (called commutation), which Garfield considered reprehensible, and gave a speech pointing out the flaws in the existing conscription law: that of 300,000 called upon to enlist, barely 10,000 had, the remainder claiming exemption or providing money or a substitute.
When she won, she insisted in her acceptance speech that prizes were flawed and she would like to share the honour and the £30,000 prize with the other shortlisted artists.
ANDREW Haldane, the executive director for financial stability of the Bank of England, has given many excellent speeches but his latest effort is a must-read for anyone who wants to know how we got into this current financial mess.The speech deals with "the flaw" that so confounded Alan Greenspan, how private sector investors failed to control risks in the banking sector.
For all its well-intentioned rhetoric, President Obama's speech was, sadly, conceptually flawed, empirically challenged, and politically blind to the daily realities that drive hundreds of millions of Muslims to increasing despair.
Listening to yourself speak will help you find out flaws in you speech which you can then improve on.
