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Reading a Taft speech highlights how far politician verbosity has fallen in a ce
| Dentist | 08/11/25 |
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| Dentist | 08/11/25 |
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Date: August 11th, 2025 5:36 AM Author: Dentist ntury I thought these Ivy Leagues would teach speechcraft of a higher quality but even silver-tongued Obama needed a dozen full time Harvard tier writers and editors to be as eloquent as he was while standing at the podium |
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Date: August 11th, 2025 5:38 AM Author: ,.,..,.,..,.,.,.,..,.,.,,..,..,.,,..,.,,. you can't even use multi-clause/nested rhetorical devices or hypotheticals anymore, because you will lose the audience. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5761030&forum_id=2/en-en/#49174052) |
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Date: August 11th, 2025 5:42 AM Author: Dentist Even just in computer politicking I've found such little effect from properly matching my diction to the feeling trying to be expressed that I've become much more rustic in how I put across my thoughts. He uses "pusillanimous" and not only does it come across as unpretentious but it is called for with accuracy within context And it's not all to do with the format or technologies either; it's from a genuine and serious reduction in the quality of human capital available for weighing in on these matters, imo I read his 1909 inaugural address either and not only was it well placed and coated in excellent to the point diction it was *profound* in a way we haven't experienced since 2016 TRUMP's crass and pithy denudings of malfeasors within the party system. And what does that end up saying about the nation? Nothing good! |
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Date: August 11th, 2025 5:53 AM Author: Dentist Granted Taft was supposedly an excellent speaker in the era if in authorship though not in delivery afaik But still it makes a man feel like weeping over what's all been lost to the Radio and Television's various compressions of essential expressions of the natures of the matters at hand Go back a little further, not even but a couple decades, and even no name Senators stationed in Podunk Iowa and Fishwife Rhode Island are dropping these Cincinnatus and Cicero style several page long albeit still concise orations about even the most mundane of tax and legal matters before their respective legislative bodies |
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Date: August 11th, 2025 5:59 AM Author: Dentist This was the speech in question and I had it pulled up in the context of historical precedents for US tariffs https://millercenter.org/the-presidency/presidential-speeches/march-4-1909-inaugural-address It's an excellent speech, very informative on the topics he's addressing, though not as punchy or carmine as his old rival Bryan's typical fare |