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For speechwriters, there are three stock rhetorical approaches: declare victory (even if you didn't win); declare viability (and the desire to fight another day), or decide that the results didn't matter (and that the cause continues).
Watching Bell there, I found it easy to see his appeal to the young. He delivers stand-up-style monologues, not three-point sermons. Comic riffs alternate with seemingly naive questions--Letterman crossed with NPR'S Ira Glass--until Bell tightens the rhetorical noose and produces tears or thoughtful silence...
Green as their hearts may be, for most Australians the environment seems to be a less pressing election issue than the economy or health care. Howard and Rudd are offering voters big tax cuts, and financial help with everything from first-home purchases to children's dentistry. Their rhetorical flourishes...
But for those who may be skeptical of Manny’s shrewd rhetorical skills or J-Pap’s cutting wit, we’ve compiled some of the best examples of their wisdom and insight, in their own words.
Last week, governor Deval Patrick hosted a fantastically well-attended rally for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign. There, speaking to a crowd on Boston Common bearing banners of catchy words like “Change,” “Hope,” and (even) ?...