Comments on: If Speeches Made Presidents http://cgabriel.com/2008/01/10/if-speeches-made-presidents/ Lively Conversation. Engaging Interviews. A Breath of Fresh Air. The CGP. Fri, 23 Mar 2012 00:58:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Alan Kelly http://cgabriel.com/2008/01/10/if-speeches-made-presidents/comment-page-1/#comment-71 Alan Kelly Fri, 11 Jan 2008 19:43:33 +0000 http://blogharbor.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/if-speeches-made-presidents/#comment-71 Nice take. Though have you noticed that Obama's tone has become more MLK-like over just the last few weeks? It's subtle, but it's different, and just enough so that a listener beyond the age of 50 might imagine the Lincoln Memorial as Obama's backdrop..."I have a dream, for change..." You get the idea. For a deconstruction of the rhetorical strategies (what I call "Plays") of Dr. King and his 1963 speech, check out this link and let me know what you think: http://www.plays2run.com/pdf/MLK-I_have_a_dream.pdf Both are, indeed, top playmakers of their respective eras. Nice take. Though have you noticed that Obama’s tone has become more MLK-like over just the last few weeks? It’s subtle, but it’s different, and just enough so that a listener beyond the age of 50 might imagine the Lincoln Memorial as Obama’s backdrop…”I have a dream, for change…” You get the idea.

For a deconstruction of the rhetorical strategies (what I call “Plays”) of Dr. King and his 1963 speech, check out this link and let me know what you think: http://www.plays2run.com/pdf/MLK-I_have_a_dream.pdf

Both are, indeed, top playmakers of their respective eras.

]]> By: Fancy Pancakes http://cgabriel.com/2008/01/10/if-speeches-made-presidents/comment-page-1/#comment-72 Fancy Pancakes Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:22:00 +0000 http://blogharbor.wordpress.com/2008/01/10/if-speeches-made-presidents/#comment-72 I love Obama! I'm so glad you wrote about him. Anyone at all interested in Obama should read his memoir, Dreams of My Father. I love Obama! I’m so glad you wrote about him. Anyone at all interested in Obama should read his memoir, Dreams of My Father.

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