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texpatriot2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 09:48 PM Original message |
Have US Presidents ever written their own speeches? You know, |
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Angry Girl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 09:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. I thought he used an earpiece because he has trouble reading |
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Journeyman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 09:53 PM Response to Original message |
2. Mr Lincoln penned his own words. . . |
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unrepuke (763 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:08 PM Response to Reply #2 |
12. On the back of a shovel, with a lump of coal, in the dark, whilst |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 09:54 PM Response to Original message |
3. I don't know, but I do know that Clinton made lots of his own changes |
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texpatriot2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:01 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. That would be hilarious, LOL just thinking of him in that situation. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. Yep! Betcha the networks would have a sudden satellite failure! |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:04 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. did you see the clip of hillary's opponent announcing her candidacy? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:11 PM Response to Reply #7 |
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unblock (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:05 PM Response to Reply #3 |
9. "**I** did the whole thing impromtu"??? bill??? is that you??? |
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texpatriot2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:28 PM Response to Reply #3 |
16. You have to be intelligent and ABLE to pull that off. You have to |
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no_hypocrisy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:04 PM Response to Original message |
5. Uncertain, but my money is on JFK, Teddy Roosevelt, Franklin Delano |
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Yupster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:06 PM Response to Reply #5 |
10. FDR did not, but |
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coda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:05 PM Response to Original message |
8. Madison wrote Washington's 1st Inaugural Address. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:35 PM Response to Reply #8 |
19. Little known fact: James Garfield was one of our most intelligent |
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coda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:43 PM Response to Reply #19 |
21. Yeah, I've read amazing things about him. |
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Aristus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:48 PM Response to Reply #21 |
23. Yeah, he could write a passage in Latin with one hand, and another |
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texpatriot2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 11:31 PM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Yeah, show off but hey flaunt it if you got it eh. |
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nadinbrzezinski (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:07 PM Response to Original message |
11. Yes actually Kennedy wrote many of his speeches, he was the first |
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coda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:38 PM Response to Reply #11 |
20. Sorenson was certainly one of the best speechwritters. |
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napi21 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:18 PM Response to Original message |
14. I found this link in a google search. |
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coda (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:24 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Wm H Harrison probably needed one the worst. |
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Benhurst (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:30 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Good editors were, and are, hard to find. |
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texpatriot2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 11:32 PM Response to Reply #14 |
26. That's an interesting Google find on speechwriting. Thanks. nm |
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chalky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:29 PM Response to Original message |
17. I thought Clinton wrote his own speeches, and the big complaint was that |
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Skink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:50 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. Clinton's a musician. He improvises. |
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AlGore-08.com (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Oct-10-05 10:48 PM Response to Original message |
22. Gore writes his own speeches |
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