Political Rhetoric

"Dear Fellow Republican"

Erik Lundegaard | Posted 08.18.2008 | Politics


Erik Lundegaard

The Republican National Committee sent me a census the other day addressed to a "fellow Republican."

Obama's Self-Defeating Rhetoric

Joseph Romm | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics


Joseph Romm

You can't debunk a myth by verbally repeating it. This is actually very basic stuff, so it is surprising that neither Obama nor his team understand it.

Does Iran's Ahmadinejad Suffer from A Napoleon Complex?

Nazee Moinian | Posted 08.06.2008 | Politics


Nazee Moinian

Both Ahmadinejad and Napolean were short in stature, came from humble backgrounds, fought in wars, ruled over 70 million people, dreamed big -- and wanted to reshape the world.

Barack Obama: "You" Versus "I"

Jerry Weissman | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics


Jerry Weissman

Everyone now is focused sharply on Obama's rhetoric, specifically having to do with verbal focus: Self- or other-directed, exclusive or inclusive, "I" or "you"?

Bereft in Berlin

Marc Kusnetz | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics


Marc Kusnetz

Each time Obama steps on a new stage, the press criticizes his rhetoric as high-falutin' but devoid of content. Do they think Berlin was the perfect time to announce a new initiative for the earned income tax credit?

Depends on What the Meaning of the Word 'Is' (Surge) Is

Adam Blickstein | Posted 07.24.2008 | Politics


Adam Blickstein

The stakes are far higher now in dealing with a war than with adultery. But in both instances, the manipulation of words, whether active or passive, matter.

Credit Where it is Due: H.R. McMaster, the Author of the "Surge" Strategy

Janet Ritz | Posted 07.18.2008 | Politics


Janet Ritz

Credit where it is due, Senator McCain. In the case of "Clear, Hold and Build," that credit belongs to H.R. McMaster and those who tried for so long to have his strategy implemented; too long for the many lives that have been lost.

At Least Barack Didn't Say, "Listen Sweetie"

Kathleen Reardon | Posted 05.17.2008 | Politics


Kathleen Reardon

Unlike some who think Barack's use of "sweetie" necessarily belies a patronizing sentiment toward women, I'm going with the politician frame. Very little of what politicians do publicly is accidental.

Being Judged

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 04.12.2008 | Media


Robert Schlesinger

It's a strange thing, reading your first book review. You want to rush through it, find the judgment. You force yourself to read it in full. And of course you look for the pull quote.

Hillary's Speaking Style

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics


Robert Schlesinger

Hillary Clinton's oratorical skills are less easy to define than Obama's. She aims more for a plainspoken wonkiness -- sort of a midwestern political nerd.

Barack Obama and the Power of Language

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 03.18.2008 | Politics


Robert Schlesinger

This morning's speech is the critical moment of Obama's campaign: Failure could trigger the kind of political collapse for which the Clintonites have been waiting.

Do Actions Speak Louder than Words? Or is the Pen Mightier than the Sword?

Joel Weinberger | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics


Joel Weinberger

An abstract action like the passage of a bill or an executive order, no matter how important is not as powerful as the words that accompany them.

"Just Words", "Just Words" - Is that the Obama Story?

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics


Blake Fleetwood

If Obama's words are somebody else's, and do not spring from his own inspirational story, then they become as irrelevant and hollow as a Super Bowl Budweiser feel-good commercial.

Obama's Secret Speechwriter

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 02.18.2008 | Politics


Robert Schlesinger

If politics is sports, then Obama's rhetoric is like a filthy fastball that opposing hitters haven't managed to hit yet. He keeps running it out there until someone connects off of him.

The Obama Style

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 01.29.2008 | Politics


Robert Schlesinger

Here's a good read on Barack Obama's speaking style.

State of the Union: Don't Overthink It?

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 01.28.2008 | Politics


Robert Schlesinger

There may now be scientific proof to the adage that you campaign in poetry but govern in prose.

Finding Obama's voice

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics


Robert Schlesinger

The reason JFK and Ted Sorensen are the benchmark for speechwriting is that Sorensen worked for Kennedy for eight years before they entered the White House.

Giuliani Gibberish

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 01.19.2008 | Politics


Robert Schlesinger

Rudy's latest ad running in Florida asserts that on -- wait for it -- 9/11, "When the world wavered, and history hesitated, he never did." History hesitated?

Behold! The New Barack

Bruce Kluger & David Slavin | Posted 11.13.2007 | Politics


Bruce Kluger & David Slavin

Will the senator nicknamed "O-Bambi" transform himself into a mudslinging, flame-throwing "O-bomb-a?"


 

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