Speeches

The Secret Service Should Investigate the McCain-Palin Campaign Incitements to Harm Obama

Charles Kearney | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

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Charles Kearney

Imagine what would happen if I simply got up, picked up a simple black pen, printed the words, "Off with his head," and mailed it to the Obama campaign headquarters, return address included.

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The Power Of The GuluWalk

Julia Moulden | Posted 10.04.2008 | Living

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Julia Moulden

How was your week? Mine started off with a client meeting, talking with a CEO about what he wanted to see in a speech I'm writing for him. We had a l...

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He Gives Good Speech - That's Not Enough?

Bruce Tenenbaum | Posted 09.28.2008 | Politics

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Bruce Tenenbaum

One of the primary Republican attacks against Barack Obama has been that there's not much more to him than being a good speech maker. They're wrong. B...

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Divided Politics = Divided Country

Simon Sinek | Posted 09.05.2008 | Politics

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Simon Sinek

In Iraq, the Sunnis and the Shiites don't get along well enough to affect any sort of functional government. America implores them to get work togeth...

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The Poetry Of A Political Speech

John Lundberg | Posted 08.31.2008 | Living

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John Lundberg

Presidential nomination acceptance speeches surely aim to create great quotes, not to repeat them. So I should have figured that when I went digging ...

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The Dems "Personal Best" Convention

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 08.29.2008 | Politics

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Barry Yourgrau

Obama stood up to the bitch-slapping bully of Republicanism, man to man, right in the eye. At last, a fighting Democratic candidate!

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The Candidates On Georgia: A Sharp Foreign Policy Divide

Chuck Lasker | Posted 08.13.2008 | Home

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Chuck Lasker

From a strict foreign policy viewpoint, one candidate came out presidential, and one came out as a war hawk. One candidate was diplomatic, one was gruff and divisive.

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Turkey Hollow Almanac: The Power of Words

David Mixner | Posted 07.27.2008 | Politics

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David Mixner

As I recounted in my initial thoughts about the Obama Berlin speech, I recalled that Gandhi said we have to value our words as much as our actions. Obama understands that, and our history has shown it to be true.

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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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Solutions Not Speeches? I've Got a Secret

Linda Hansen | Posted 02.16.2008 | Home

Read More: Speeches, Hillary Clinton, New Campaign Mantra, Secrecy, Barack Obama, Solutions, Dick Cheney, Home News
Linda Hansen

The Clinton campaign is still trying to find its voice. We've been through Experience is Everything, Tough Enough, and Ready to Lead on Day One. But none of them seems to have worked well enough to silence the soaring rhetoric of Change We Can Believe In.

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Speeches Do Matter

Michael Seitzman | Posted 02.14.2008 | Politics

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Michael Seitzman

The Clintons seem to have nothing left to add to the national conversation other than to tell us that the conversation itself is beneath them.

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Sam Stein

Huckabee Pleads Poverty As He Takes Cash For Speeches

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 12.27.2007 | Politics

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In the midst of his presidential campaign, GOP frontrunner Mike Huckabee has continued to accept tens of thousands of dollars in speaking fees primari...

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