"They don't have one single idea that is different than George Bush"
President Obama was in Atlanta today, for two good spirited events. More under the cut.
View ArticleThe American Dream
In the form of a speech, this is my indictment -- my "J'Accuse," if you will -- of what life in America has become and how evil the conservative vision of America is. I hope that someday, a better,...
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TGIF: Great Film Speeches and Monologues
The Money SpeechYou have meddled with the primal forces of nature, Mr. Beale, and I won't have it!... You get up on your little twenty-one inch screen and howl about America and democracy. There is...
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Anyone Can Read A Speech
Anyone can ... "read" ... a speech. The question is, can you be the speech?19 Year Old Zach Wahls
View ArticleIt's Not the Voters' Fault
Obama has done some great things, and I imagine everyone on this site and other activist sites will happily broadcast his accomplishments during the upcoming election cycle. But his list of "wins" is...
View ArticleBernie Sanders at the CA Dem Party Convention
I got back from the CA Dem Party Convention in Sacramento about two days ago, but those have been taken up mostly with bin Ladeniana and flat out recuperation. I had thought that someone might have...
View ArticleSoaring Rhetoric
Barack Obama, the candidate, spent much of his 2008 campaign delivering speeches filled with soaring rhetoric about America, his plans, and the need for “change”. I believe he also used the word “hope”...
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Mirror Image Speeches, Both Bad
I watched both speeches last night on the debt ceiling. I have to say that this whole thing makes me crazed. It is a dumb time to talk about pulling trillions out of the economy, especially when we...
View ArticlePoll: Is Barack Obama a Spineless Weenie If He Reschedules His Jobs Speech?
President Obama has expressed a desire to address a joint session of Congress about jobs and the economy. Some Republicans are objecting.A lot of arguments about Obama have been reactive...
View ArticleHere's Obama's Labor Day Jobs Speech
I know. I'm dreaming. I don't care. Here's the speech:My fellow Americans. And especially those of you who are unemployed. I have called you to come together today, Labor Day 2011, 61,000 strong to...
View ArticleI exist to inspire hope
Let me make one thing clear: I want my participation on Daily Kos to bring hope to this community with regard to our own activism.I read this comment from my diary that got overlooked.Hope...you give...
View ArticleDear Ezra, Presidential Speeches Do Work
Ezra Klein has an important--but deeply flawed--piece in the latest New Yorker on the ineffectiveness of Presidential speeches.
View ArticlePresident Obama's Speech Could Have Been Even Better.
[Edited the title after some valid criticisms in the comments. Apologies. I'm not trying to troll, just concerned by what I see as flaws in the President's language.]Most commentators think that...
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My 6-year old wrote a Presidential speech.
My kindergartener has been learning about the Presidents in school, and has become a bit obsessed with Washington and Lincoln, to the point that he often "plays President" (I get to be Abe, my wife...
View ArticleThousands To March In Denver Saturday
Supporting Women’s Exclusive Right To Make Own DecisionsOn April 28th, 2012, at 9:30am, thousands of Colorado women and their family members will gather at Civic Center Park’s Greek Amphitheater for a...
View ArticleRemarks by President Obama on college affordability, University of North...
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary_____________________________________ For Immediate Release April 24, 2012REMARKS...
View ArticleRemarks by President Obama on college affordability, University of Iowa,...
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary______________________________________ For Immediate Release April 25,...
View ArticleRemarks by President Obama and Michelle Obama at Fort Stewart, GA, April 27,...
THE WHITE HOUSE Office of the Press Secretary______________________ For Immediate Release April 27, 2012REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT AND FIRST LADY TO TROOPS, VETERANS AND...
View ArticleMitt's Commencement Address: Not Even Full Of Sound & Fury; Just Signifying...
Mitt Romney today delivered the commencement address at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. What his remarks lacked in brevity, they more than made up for in tedium. Having spent 37 years in...
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