Public Speaking
The politics of parsing
I am going to get a lot of hell for this one, but honestly, it's just too good to pass up. Here's a clip put together by the John Edwards camapaign, capitalizing on Hillary Clinton's fumbling on last Tuesday's primary debate.
Wow. It's the one debate I chose not to watch because it had Tim Russert as the moderator ... and I just hate his Botoxed eyes.
Who knew it would be "the debate" to watch?!?
2008 Presidential Elections | Public Opinion | Public Speaking | Rhetoric | Triangulation | Truthiness | Hillary Clinton | John Edwards
This is what New York state's big media think is important local reporting
To say the state's mainstream media is making too much out of the animosity between Bruno and Spitzer is an understatement. It shows how little actual reporting is happening not just in Albany and New York City but in each and every major newspaper in the state.
Yeah, sure, I actually find it entertaining to deconstruct the Spitzspeak. There's small tics and twitches, physical and verbal, that say a lot about his thought process.
One of those verbal tics is his over-emphatic use of the phrase "I believe". You can listen to it in this impromptu press conference he gave at the NYSDems Spring meeting. He was asked about and earlier spat with Bruno and this is what he had to say :
The question we all need to ask is : Is this news?
Albany | Governor | New York State Senate | Public Opinion | Public Speaking | Rhetoric | Albay | Eliot Spitzer | Joe Bruno
Spitzer on the future of New York
Certain mainstream media writers remarked how odd it was for Spitzer to turn a reference of a potentially derogatory spoof into a speech about the future of New York.
I did too. The Producers is the 11th funniest movie in the American Film Institute's 100 Funniest Films of All Time. I mean, how can you take on images of a Ziegfiled's Follies swastika and a gayalicious Roger Debris Hitler calling himself the Etherl Merman of Germany? Somehow, Spitzer pulls it off.
The following is a clipping of the whole speech but it will give you great insight into Spitzer's oratiorial skills.
Once you get past the springtime cliches, you'll start to hear the prosecutor speaking, with a phrase like "we are winning because we are right and because we are making our case".
The video is right after the jump.
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Governor | Hope | Public Speaking | Spring | Albany | Eliot Spitzer | NYS Democratic Committee | Vlog
On being a Democrat
I didn't have a defining moment. I was baptized a Democrat. I was born a Catholic in New York City.
Defining Moments | Humor | Public Speaking | Albany | Jerry Harper | NYS Democratic Committee
On the work ethic of Democrats
We have the best staff in the world. They're not in it for the money because ... we don't have any.
Humor | Public Speaking | Albany | June O'Neill | NY State Democratic Committee
Dave Pollak's dream
We will make sure a republican never wins an election in New York ever again.
Kinda Sorta Funny | Language | Public Speaking | Rhetoric | Albany | Dave Pollak | NY State Democratic Committee





