Tag Archives: Kennedy

Missing: Obama Eloquence on Iran

June 20, 2009 – 3:55 pm

President Obama has been reserved in his comments about the situation unfolding in Iran, and politicians and commentators across the political spectrum are urging him to say more.
The president’s low-volume strategy is undergirded by two assumptions: first, that public support from the US president will feed the Iranian regime’s efforts to pin the protests on [...]

By Ed Walsh (WHWG) | Posted in Presidency | Also tagged , , | Comments

The Inaugural: Obama’s Balancing Act

January 4, 2009 – 6:03 pm

In a State of the Union address the president can set out the details of his new federal policy on widgets and waterworks. In the Inaugural Address, however, Barack Obama will need to be as much of a poet as his friend, Elizabeth Alexander, a prize-winning poet who will read the celebratory poem.
The new [...]

By Mark W. Davis (WHWG) | Posted in Inauguration | Also tagged , | Comments

Presidential Rhetoric: Kennedy vs. Reagan

January 3, 2009 – 6:05 pm

Anne Applebaum makes some good points in her op-ed today on the similarity in Presidential rhetoric across time and parties. I can’t help but feel, however, that when she compares conservative hero Ronald Regan to liberal icon John Kennedy, Reagan comes off by far the best. Both gave moving speeches at the Berlin Wall, but [...]

By Josh Gilder (WHWG) | Posted in Inauguration | Also tagged , , , | Comments