All Posts Tagged With: "Jimmy Carter"
In the News: Presidential debates
Last night in New York, Barack Obama and John McCain participated in the third and final presidential debate of this 2008 election. The focus was on domestic issues, including the economy. The debate transcript can be seen here, at the Web site of the Commission on Presidential Debates, the organization that conducts the debates. For [...]
16Oct2008 | mdblogger | 7 comments | Continued
Karen Linkletter on political convention speeches
It is striking how many of the speeches at both the Republican and Democratic National Conventions used language to appeal to “average working folks.” Both of the presidential candidates, as well as their vice presidential nominees, positioned themselves as typical, everyday Americans (when this is, of course, not the case for any of them).
I was [...]
