Speechwriting

Ask not why words matter, ask when they mattered most

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 05.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Cuban Missile Crisis, American History, John Kennedy, Speechwriting, Kennedy, Schlesinger, Presidential Rhetoric, White House Ghosts, Jfk, Robert Schlesinger, Ted Sorensen, Presidents, Presidential Speechwriting, Politics News
Robert Schlesinger

Words do matter and few presidents knew this better than JFK (who of course also understood that rhetorical power has its limits). How JFK came up wi...

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Ooh, ooh, look at me!

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 05.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: White House Ghosts, Presidential Rhetoric, Robert Schlesinger, Daily Show, Speechwriting, Jon Stewart, Entertainment News
Robert Schlesinger

What a week. There were book parties. Then there was the Daily Show on Wednesday night discussing White House Ghostsx-- quite the charge. I blogged...

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RIP Bob Hartmann, "SOB"

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: President Ford, Gerald Ford, White House Staff, Presidential Speeches, Speechwriting, Richard Cheney, Dick Cheney, National Nightmare, Don Rumsfeld, Presidential Rhetoric, Bully Pulpit, Donald Rumsfeld, Politics News
Robert Schlesinger

I regret never having met Robert Hartmann, the close aide to Gerald Ford who died last week -- he was one of the classic, colorful characters in White...

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

Blake Fleetwood | Posted 02.19.2008 | Politics

Read More: Hilary Clinton, Just Words Speech, Karl Rove, Political Jujitsu, David Axelrod, Deval Patrick, Speechwriting, Jon Favreau, Wisconsin Primary, Barack Obama, Barack Obama 2008, Presidential Race, Plagiarism, Speech Writer, Political Rhetoric, Ohio Primary, Texas Primary, Politics News
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.

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Finding Obama's voice

Robert Schlesinger | Posted 01.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama 2008, Political Rhetoric, Political Speechwriting, Barack Obama, Speechwriting, Politics News
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.

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