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How to Give a Speech without Saying Anything (Original Post)
whereisjustice
Jul 2015
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And exactly WHY does this specimen have only FOUR ( 5, including mine) recs??
Smarmie Doofus
Jul 2015
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cantbeserious
(13,039 posts)1. And Despite Knowing How - Many Are Duped With Each Passing Speech
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Smarmie Doofus
(14,498 posts)2. And exactly WHY does this specimen have only FOUR ( 5, including mine) recs??
Brilliant .
Talk about "getting to the point."
Talk about getting " down , to the heart of the matter."
Eat your heart out, Don Henley.
K and R.
rwsanders
(2,594 posts)4. Maybe...
it doesn't have so much to do with the concept that was presented, but rather the examples used.
I was a bit put off by the use of FDR and Kennedy as examples as well as the list of issues that all sounded like part of the typical democratic platform. As far as I could see the only example that was pulled from the right was a brief picture of Nixon, who has no current defenders on the right, so he is safe to attack or use for "balance".
I could be a bit too sensitive on some of these things, but I would guess that whoever generated it, however well intentioned, has a bit of a bias.
zeemike
(18,998 posts)3. Yep, they have it down to a science.
Paka
(2,760 posts)5. So right on the money.