(2nd) Occasional U.S. news media round-up on presidential race
- Audition
Michelle Obama debuts on popular US daytime talk show (”‘The View’: Michelle Obama on Hillary Clinton, sexism and the vice presidency” by Sheigh Crabtree, Los Angeles Times, June 18, 2008).
Full 24-minute version here.
- Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes*
Brief analysis of some recent policy choices by Obama (”Will ‘Experience’ Hurt Obama?” by Jay Newton-Small, TIME magazine, June 24, 2008).
- Cover story
Q&A and 97 photos (”A Conversation With Barack Obama” by Jann S. Wenner, Rolling Stone, July 10, 2008).
- A rose by any other name…*
New ways against old smears (”Obama Supporters Take His Middle Name as Their Own”by Jodi Kantor, New York Times, June 29, 2008).
(See here for previous round-up)
Political Doublespeak Made Hilarious
Actually, the title of this new book is Aristotle and an Aardvark Go to Washington: Understanding Political Doublespeak Through Philosophy and Jokes is Political Doublespeak Made Easy. But the authors also know how to make their readers (and listeners) laugh. The writers are Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein. And, as at least one out of every two reviewers say of the book, it’s certainly timely.
In the video below from Dow Jones’ MarketWatch (www.marketwatch.com), the two Harvard grads in philosophy talk about the practice of political doublespeak and offer some examples of the age old practice from the leading candidates in the present U.S. presidential race. Hillary, Obama and Romney all come under some critical assessment, with the Romney punchline being especially funny.
