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The Speechless Speech

Brian Ross | Posted 11.05.2008 | Home

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Brian Ross

People in the crowd stood there in joyous tears, in shock. What was interesting was that there were invited guests, nearly 70,000 of them, but no VIP area. Jessie Jackson stood huddled in the crowd in tears. Oprah was out there, a citizen like you and me, in tears.

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On Wordiness, Godliness and Truthiness: The McCain-Palin Assault on Language

Caryn James | Posted 10.30.2008 | Politics

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Caryn James

The McCain-Palin campaign is demonizing language and not just using it with that politics-as-usual slipperiness. But denigrating language is easy after all these years of George "Malapropism" Bush.

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Failsafe Speaking Without Lots of Words

Jennie Blackton | Posted 09.25.2008 | Politics

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Jennie Blackton

No disrespect to anyone meant, but could I suggest that creating a stump speech is not that difficult. Yet, I find a lot of people want to complicate ...

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RNC Green Screen Challenge: Make McCain's Speech Exciting

Diane Tucker | Posted 09.05.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

Was the convention director asleep? For the first few minutes of the big McCain speech, the candidate looked like an entry in Stephen Colbert's "Make John McCain Exciting Green Screen Challenge!"

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McCain Pitbull 08

Buddy Winston | Posted 09.04.2008 | Home

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Buddy Winston

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Rudy Giuliani in Lipstick

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 09.04.2008 | Politics

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Barry Yourgrau

Palin's tone was so negative, divisive, bullying and demeaning, it befits an ugly high school student council election. Reese Witherspoon crossed with Bob Dole?

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RNC Hockey Mom Speech Night: She Shoots, She Scores!

Diane Tucker | Posted 09.04.2008 | Home

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Diane Tucker

Palin spoke of "the determination, the resolve, and the sheer guts of Senator John McCain," all the while demonstrating her own, likening herself to a pit bull in lipstick. Game on!

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Friday Talking Points [45] -- Lessons Democrats Should Learn From Obama's Speech

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

I know that just about the entire blogosphere is talking about John McCain's pick of Sarah Palin (who?) for his running mate, but I, for one, refuse t...

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The Clintons Speak

Jerry Weissman | Posted 08.28.2008 | Politics

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Jerry Weissman

A two-year campaign consisting of: A year-long ramp-up ... A fiercely-fought six months of primaries and caucuses ... A week-long delay to concede ......

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PUMA -- Endangered Species

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.27.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Hillary made the case she needed to make to her supporters who were still sitting on the fence, and she did it perfectly, in a speech for the ages.

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Michelle Obama: So 21st Century

Adele Stan | Posted 08.26.2008 | Politics

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Adele Stan

Michelle Obama's Convention speech should go a long way to reassuring Joe Average, if not Joe Wingnut, that Michelle Obama has figured out how to be a first lady for her time.

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A Historical Perspective On Divided Democratic Conventions

Chris Weigant | Posted 08.25.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Don't buy into the media narrative that this is some sort of "divided party" -- because today's Democrats aren't. All true Democrats are pulling hard to defeat the legacy of George W. Bush.

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Arianna Speaks at the 2007 USW Women Of Steel Conference

Huff TV | Posted 08.15.2008 | Business

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Gotta Be There At Invesco Field

Calvin Gipson | Posted 08.12.2008 | Home

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Calvin Gipson

Yes, I admit I'm caught up in Obamamania. I have been one of the fans (as the McCain campaign likes to describe me) ever since I saw Obama speak in January at Denver University.

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A Speech For Obama To Give... In Alaska

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.30.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Barack Obama made a campaign promise to visit the state of Alaska before the election. And what better time than right now to follow through on this promise?

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Friday Talking Points [40] -- Obama Shines, McCain Whines

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Be careful what you wish for, John. That seems to be the message of the week for Senator John McCain. He took some campaign consultant's idea a few w...

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Friday Talking Points [38] -- Whiners And Cheeseheads

Chris Weigant | Posted 07.11.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Welcome back to Friday Talking Points, after a one-week hiatus! While plenty has happened in the past two weeks which bears close and careful analysis...

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Friday Talking Points [37] -- Welcome, New Readers

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.27.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

McCain flip-flops on torture, tax cuts, the religious right, Roe v. Wade, lobbyists, gay marriage, creationism, Iraq, talking to enemies, and just about any other subject you care to name.

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Precedent George Bush

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.25.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Bush's term in office will be remembered for the precedents it set, particularly in relation to the presidential power, and the separation of powers between the three branches of U.S. government.

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Where Is Hillary On The Campaign Trail?

Chris Weigant | Posted 06.18.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Hillary Clinton needs to start making some campaign appearances for Barack Obama and get on board the bandwagon in order to help this process along.

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6 Other Things that Aren't "Change We Can Believe In"

Seth Grahame-Smith | Posted 06.05.2008 | Politics

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Seth Grahame-Smith

McCain's "green speech" was one of the funniest half-hours of television since Arrested Development was canceled, and had all the energy and eloquence of Frankenstein on barbiturates.

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Hillary Holds Her Voters Hostage

Cenk Uygur | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics

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Cenk Uygur

Clinton has shown, once again last night, without a shadow of a doubt that the one thing she cares about most is -- Hillary Clinton. That's not someone you want on your team.

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Friday Talking Points [32] -- Democrats Throw Bush A Few Elbows

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Borah Peak, at 12,662 feet high, is the highest point in Idaho. [That may sound like a strange place to begin this column, but please bear with me.] I...

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Friday Talking Points [31] -- Time To Beat McCain

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.09.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

Now that that's all over with, can we please focus on beating John McCain? Virtually everyone (with the possible exception of Hillary Clinton -- I gue...

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August 28th -- A Good Date For Historic Speeches

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics

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Chris Weigant

August 28th will be the final day of the Democratic National Convention. Unless Hillary Clinton soon acquires the ability to perform miracles, the nominee giving the acceptance speech is going to be Barack Obama.

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