Bristol Palin Saved by the Tea Party
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on November 11th, 2010 5:41 am by HL
Bristol Palin Saved by the Tea Party
“Bristol Palin survived another elimination round on Dancing With the Stars as fans including Tea Party supporters mustered enough votes to overcome low scores from the talent show’s judges,” Bloomberg reports.
Sarah Palin’s daughter will return for the ninth week of the show despite being tied for the judges’ worst score.
Said a show producer: “There’s a strong popular movement behind Sarah Palin at the moment and she’s receiving a lot of support from the Tea Party. It’s entirely possible some of those people are behind Bristol for political reasons.”
The Speechwriter’s Guide to Veterans’ Day
Last night, President Obama delivered his second Veterans’ Day address as Commander-in-Chief (he’s in South Korea, which is why it was an evening speech for us in the United States). Today, elected officials and military leaders all across the country are preparing to deliver their own remarks for local Veterans’ Day events.
Even for professional speechwriters, this is a tough assignment. President Bush spoke at Arlington National Cemetery four times. President Clinton spoke there eight consecutive years. That’s asking your speechwriters to come up with many different ways to express fundamentally similar themes — and a thesaurus can only take you so far.
If you’re preparing a Veterans’ Day speech – either for yourself or your boss — how do you avoid repetition and platitudes? Here are a few tricks of the trade:
