"A good speech has a beat, a changing rhythm, a sense of movement that gets the audience tapping its minds foot." - William Safire

"There comes a dramatic moment in the life of a person, or a party or a nation that cries out for the uplift and release of a speech." -William Safire

Speechwriting

Joe Biden’s Campaign Speechwriter Talks Shop

M.S.Ford
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Find out what it takes to become a presidential speechwriter.

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Speechwriting in the White House

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We will be posting an interview with John McConnell, speechwriter from 2000 to 2009 for President George W. Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney. But before we can conduct the interview, we’d like your questions. Ask him everything you’ve always wanted to know about being a White House speechwriter.

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