Archive for September, 2008
Report Card on Sarah Palin’s acceptance speech
Report Card
Writing: C+
Clarity: C-
Efficiency: B
Elegance: C+
Delivery: A-
Pacing: C+
Intonation: B
Body Language: A-
Passion: A
The praise for Republican Vice-Presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s delivery of her speech has been nothing short of amazing – even MSNBC’s Keith Olbermann admitted that Palin “clearly gives a great speech.” Even the content drew praise from Democrats to the extent that they [...]
Posted: September 5th, 2008 under Content, Delivery, Political Speeches, Report Cards, Writing.
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Republican clapfest
Dear Screaming Crowds:
You were at it again last night. When your speaker says “Thank you” a few times, that’s a clue they’re ready to begin; when they say it 14 times, that means “Shut up.”
Sincerely,
Your Speaker
Perhaps in an effort to try and best the Democratic crowd at the opening of Obama’s acceptance speech, Republicans [...]
Posted: September 4th, 2008 under Audience Interaction, Fun Stuff, Political Speeches.
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The remarkably unsophisticated language of Obama’s acceptance speech
Michael Long over at Ragan.com has a nice piece on the technical aspects of Barack Obama’s acceptance speech. He hits the nail on the head when he says:
the language and content overall were remarkably unsophisticated for such an auspicious evening. This was of a piece with a serious language problem.
And he had an example [...]
Posted: September 3rd, 2008 under Political Speeches, Writing.
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