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Presidential Rhetoric
Posted on 9/23/20 at 8:42 am
Posted on 9/23/20 at 8:42 am
What would you say are the finest moments rhetorically of each (or any) president since at least the days of radio when a national audience could be reached? Not entire speeches but maybe a period of 30 seconds or less when even a president’s harshest critics or opponents would have been at least momentarily swayed and impressed by both the words and the delivery.
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Posted on 9/23/20 at 8:43 am to Globetrotter747
"Because you'd be in in jail."
Posted on 9/23/20 at 8:43 am to Globetrotter747
"What do you have to lose?"
Posted on 9/23/20 at 8:44 am to Globetrotter747
Reagan owning Mondale during the ‘84 debate (“youth and inexperience”)
Posted on 9/23/20 at 8:44 am to Globetrotter747
"I can hear you, the rest of the world can hear you and the people who knocked these buildings down will hear all of us soon."
Posted on 9/23/20 at 8:46 am to Wally Sparks
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Reagan owning Mondale during the ‘84 debate (“youth and inexperience”)
yep, that was simply awesome
Posted on 9/23/20 at 8:48 am to Wally Sparks
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Reagan owning Mondale
Wasn't it against Mondale that Reagan said "look I knew Thomas Jefferson and you ain't him" or something like that
Posted on 9/23/20 at 8:49 am to Globetrotter747
Assuming non presidential campaigns can be counted...
“Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
“Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall!”
Posted on 9/23/20 at 8:50 am to Wtodd
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Wasn't it against Mondale that Reagan said "look I knew Thomas Jefferson and you ain't him" or something like that
Reagan said that during the ‘92 RNC (which was a reference to Lloyd Bentsen’s “you’re no Jack Kennedy” quip to Dan Quayle during the ‘88 VPOTUS debate)
This post was edited on 9/23/20 at 8:51 am
Posted on 9/23/20 at 8:51 am to Wtodd
Another Reagan classic...
“No sir! I paid for this microphone!”
“No sir! I paid for this microphone!”
Posted on 9/23/20 at 8:53 am to Globetrotter747
FDR, “Only Thing We Have to Fear Is Fear Itself”. Of course the Depression would get worse under his recovery work, and wouldn’t go away until WW2.
But Fake News trumpets this “downplaying” of public fear as highly presidential, as opposed to Trump’s fear suppression of the Wuflu as Orange Man Bad!
But Fake News trumpets this “downplaying” of public fear as highly presidential, as opposed to Trump’s fear suppression of the Wuflu as Orange Man Bad!
Posted on 9/23/20 at 8:53 am to LuckyTiger
And another...
"We will never forget them. Not the last time we saw them this morning as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God.”
"We will never forget them. Not the last time we saw them this morning as they prepared for their journey and waved goodbye and slipped the surly bonds of earth to touch the face of God.”
Posted on 9/23/20 at 8:53 am to Globetrotter747
This may be a weird answer, but George Bush throwing the first pitch of 2001 World Series Game 3 right down the middle for a strike. It still gives me goosebumps.
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Posted on 9/23/20 at 9:12 am to Wally Sparks
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Wasn't it against Mondale that Reagan said "look I knew Thomas Jefferson and you ain't him" or something like that
quote:
Reagan said that during the ‘92 RNC (which was a reference to Lloyd Bentsen’s “you’re no Jack Kennedy” quip to Dan Quayle during the ‘88 VPOTUS debate)
Thanks for the correction....it was hilarious when he said it
Posted on 9/23/20 at 9:43 am to Globetrotter747
The study of rhetoric in history is fascinating and I probably have 5 or 6 books on it in my home library.
The key transition was moving away from live audiences into radio/TV where you must speak as though it is one person listening (because it is...in their living room).
Wm. Jennings Bryant who failed at several attempts at the presidency is generally considered America's greatest orator. But it was from a time when you had to address 1,000 people without a microphone. He was great at it. But if you heard his last speech on tape (it was recorded and I've heard it) he sounds bombastic.
FDR was famous for his radio 'fireside chats' but he also failed at sounding personal. He talked into a radio microphone as if he was addressing a gigantic crowd. It sounds bombastic.
Ronald Reagan was the master. He realized how to use a mic and talk live, radio and tv as though he were talking to one person.
JFK was the best at impromptu interviews. He had a quick mind and loved press conferences. He also had the first celebrity press secretary. Pierre Salinger was a character. I met him when I was in college.
The key transition was moving away from live audiences into radio/TV where you must speak as though it is one person listening (because it is...in their living room).
Wm. Jennings Bryant who failed at several attempts at the presidency is generally considered America's greatest orator. But it was from a time when you had to address 1,000 people without a microphone. He was great at it. But if you heard his last speech on tape (it was recorded and I've heard it) he sounds bombastic.
FDR was famous for his radio 'fireside chats' but he also failed at sounding personal. He talked into a radio microphone as if he was addressing a gigantic crowd. It sounds bombastic.
Ronald Reagan was the master. He realized how to use a mic and talk live, radio and tv as though he were talking to one person.
JFK was the best at impromptu interviews. He had a quick mind and loved press conferences. He also had the first celebrity press secretary. Pierre Salinger was a character. I met him when I was in college.
Posted on 9/23/20 at 10:05 am to Globetrotter747
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"Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country!"
John F. Kennedy
January 20, 1961 (presidential inauguration)
This post was edited on 9/23/20 at 10:07 am
Posted on 9/23/20 at 10:07 am to TigerMikeAtl
Fundamentally change America.
Let us know who he was.
Let us know who he was.
Posted on 9/23/20 at 10:10 am to VADawg
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This may be a weird answer, but George Bush throwing the first pitch of 2001 World Series Game 3 right down the middle for a strike. It still gives me goosebumps.
Posted on 9/23/20 at 10:16 am to 5Wide
“if you like your Doctor you can keep your Doctor”
Posted on 9/23/20 at 10:30 am to Globetrotter747
I know he wasnt a president or running for it at the time but John Glenn's rebutal to Metzenbaum saying he never held a job is fricking epic.
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