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[Patrick Appel] The Onion has a very helpful glossary of commonly used political terms. Some of my favorites:. ballot- An object recording a voter's decision that is frequently counted toward an election's outcome. debate- ...
Obama's rhetoric getting some friendly help?
A rival campaign circulated a pair of YouTube links on Sunday that make the point vividly.
McCain rolling, ratchets up Obama rhetoric
Blog: McCain rolling, ratchets up Obama rhetoric.
Rhetoric without a cause: Obama
Obama supporters like to point his rhetorical difference in using "we" instead of "I" in his stump speeches. Perhaps, unfortunately, Americans are so far removed from England since our revolution 230 years ago, that we forget the royal ...
Obama, Clinton camps point to 'borrowed rhetoric'
(CNN) — Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama’s campaigns each accused the other of plagiarizing portions of their campaign speeches Monday, with the Clinton campaign accusing Obama of borrowing from a close supporter — and the Illinois ...
Clinton attacks Obama for focusing on rhetoric, Obama gets long-winded
Hillary Clinton continued a familiar approach , saying there's more to a president than just words; seemingly in response, Barack Obama delivered an epic speech different from his usual fare.
Inside Obama's Rhetoric
WASHINGTON — It's hard not to be dazz ledby B arack Obama. At the 2004 Democratic convention, he visited with Newsweek reporters and editors, including me. I came away deeply impressed by his intelligence, his forceful language, ...
Fatigue and Irrational Fears
This has already been a pretty exhausting week, and I'm not even over the hump yet. Right after posting this, I'm going to curl up with this version of Pride and Prejudice and then go to sleep -- but not without entertaining you with my ...
Schwarzenegger Rhetoric Today on Budget Doesn’t Match Reality ...
He also announced a hiring freeze, issued an Executive Order for an additional $100 million of cuts, and repeated his rhetoric that the state has a spending problem and not a revenue problem. But as he was speaking, events occurring ...
Invention and Invention Rhetoric
First, I am interested in Stengers’ discussion of the contrast between invention and the rhetoric of invention. Second, I find Latour’s example to be of particular interest in relationship to the arguments that Stengers proposes, ...