Posts Tagged ‘political rhetoric’

I found this exchange between Ed Henry and President Obama particularly disturbing. Anger begets anger. Gotcha journalism comes to  the White House. Obama’s long, winding answer to the initial question deflected its snarky tone, but when Henry persisted, he drew a succinct yet polite rebuke. Read to the end below. Who got whom?
And who is [...]

3/24/09: Presidential Press Conference: The President gave his second press conference, from the East Room of the White House, on March 24, 2009. (public domain). White House channel.
Transcript - President Obama’s News Conference - Text - NYT 032409

Paul Krugman wastes no time staking out a critical position on Obama’s economic recovery plan, based on what he heard and didn’t hear in the inaugural address. His gloss on the John Maynard Keynes subtext is the first I’ve heard.
Paul Krugman: Stuck in the Muddle - NYT 012309:
Thus, in his speech Mr. Obama attributed the [...]

Like the Missouri River in flood, the vast outpouring of media coverage leading up to the inauguration of Barack Obama on Tuesday has room for almost everything, including the inaugural address of Warren G. Harding, widely regarded as the worst example of this singularly American speech genre. Harding’s oratorical style inspired one of H.L. Mencken’s [...]

Mouffe sent me this MoveOn.org video. She sent one to Sam Samster, too.