Obama Rhetoric

A New Beginning and the Wisdom of the Past: Why the Greek Classics are Still Relevant

Amb. Alexandros P. Mallias | Posted 11.14.2008 | Politics

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Amb. Alexandros P. Mallias

The Greek classics are no longer simply food for ivory tower intellectuals, but are entering the mainstream of society and politics, as food for thought, as the tools for living "an examined life."

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Why Smart Talkers Lose Debates and How Obama Can Beat McCain Anyway

Joseph Romm | Posted 09.23.2008 | Politics

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Joseph Romm

Debates are won by the candidate who presents the most compelling and persuasive character. If I can convince you I'm an honest, straight talker, you'll believe what else I say. If I can't, you won't.

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Obama's Self-Defeating Rhetoric

Joseph Romm | Posted 08.07.2008 | Politics

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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.

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Barack Obama: "You" Versus "I"

Jerry Weissman | Posted 08.04.2008 | Politics

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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"?

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Obama in Berlin: Walking the Walk

Stefan Sirucek | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

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Stefan Sirucek

The speech is a brisk, affecting affair. There are big cheers when Obama talks about nuclear disarmament and dealing with climate change, but the crowd's response to "defeating terror" is noticeably muted.

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Obama Should Re-Think His Faith-Based Agenda

William Fisher | Posted 07.26.2008 | Politics

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William Fisher

There's one wall that Barack wants to pull down that I think needs to be affirmatively left in place, or, to be more precise, reconstructed: the one between church and state.

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Echoing Hillary in Blasting Barack

Carol Felsenthal | Posted 07.25.2008 | Politics

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Carol Felsenthal

Is the McCain campaign borrowing from Hillary Clinton? Consider the similarity between her remark from last March and a McCain spokesman's response to Obama's speech in Berlin.

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What Will Barack Obama Say in Berlin?

Jerry Weissman | Posted 07.22.2008 | Politics

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Jerry Weissman

The association of Obama with Kennedy was due, in large part, to their shared oratorical talents. This week's Berlin speech makes that association even more pertinent.

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Obama's Mile High Moment

Joe Cutbirth | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

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Joe Cutbirth

We're seven weeks from the biggest speech in a generation by any figure in American politics. If you can be there in person, go. Take your children. It's an event you'll remember the rest of your lives.

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

Joel Weinberger | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics

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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.

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Just Words? Obama Speeches "Discuss Policy As Much As Opponents"

Chicago Tribune | Christi Parsons and John McCormick | Posted 02.24.2008 | Politics

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As Barack Obama's town hall meeting stretched into its second hour, it was clear the candidate wasn't anywhere close to finishing. Obama had given an...

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White Voters Deserve More Credit

Peter Dreier | Posted 01.28.2008 | Home

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Peter Dreier

The Clinton campaign message was transparent: they are trying to pigeonhole Obama as the "black" candidate -- not simply as a matter of pigmentation but as a matter of voter appeal.

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