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Obama-Biden 2008
I have now watched and read Senator Biden's speech in Springfield earlier today. From the perspective of the craft of speechwriting, it was quite a thing to behold. In a speech of just over 16 minutes, Biden used, by my count, the phrase 'ladies and gentlemen' 18 times. (Apparently 'ladies and gentlemen' is to Biden what 'my friends' is to Senator McCain). Biden's speech was filled with the ...
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