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Laura PourMeADrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 11:00 AM
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Who's writing Obama's inauguration speech?
I wish he'd get Mario Cuomo. No one, and I mean no one, writes a speech like he does.
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 11:01 AM
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1. I'm sure Obama is, along with his young speech writer. nt
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SteppingRazor Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 11:02 AM
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2. Exactly. Obama, Favreau and a couple others will probably work on it. n/t
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Beacool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 11:05 AM
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3. Probably that jerk who was photographed copping a feel
of Hillary's cut out or maybe his buddy on the other side of the cut out who's feeding it beer while holding its hair and kissing it. It could also be the guy laughing in the background. They are all part of Obama's speech writing team.

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DemBones DemBones Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 02:15 PM
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12. Obama needs to get rid of those jocks.

We don't need unbridled sexism in the West Wing.
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Beacool Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 02:20 AM
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13. It'll never happen.
He never uttered a word about the incident and his transition team issued a poorly worded statement about Favreau "reaching out" to senator Clinton. Well, I think that he has already done enough reaching out......

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gristy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 11:11 AM
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4. Oh, yeah. Get Cuomo. LOL
Obama will be writing his own inauguration speech, rest assured.
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Mike Daniels Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 11:25 AM
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7. Sorry. It's Favreau. The Washington Post has a feature story on him ....
including the fact that he's the point man for the inaugural speech.

Very few politicians write their speeches. The best speech writers ( of which it appears that Favreau falls) spend so much time around their employers that they learn how to write in the employer's voice to the extent that you wouldn't know the speaker didn't write the text.
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Laura PourMeADrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 12:40 PM
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9. well - Favreau's ok, imho. but he doesn't get that raw, bleeding
heart emotion out of me like cuomo
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gblady Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 02:58 AM
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14. Here's a link....
to the article....
http://www.yahoo.com/s/1004442

from what I understand, they work in concert on the speeches...
have for 4 years....

Barack's ideas....Favreau's editing....
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Laura PourMeADrink Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 12:38 PM
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8. what's the lol for? cuomo is a brilliant speechwriter - no one better
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Jackeens Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 01:27 PM
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10. A Cuomo fan here too, was it he who said....
....he couldn't envisage, in the next decade or so, a President whose surname ended in a vowel?
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 11:12 AM
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5. Pat Robertson and James Dobson
Obama wants to reach out


:sarcasm:
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MadBadger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 11:13 AM
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6. I heard it was Rick Warren
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democrattotheend Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-18-08 01:31 PM
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11. He's probably writing it himself
He's written all of his major speeches himself: the 2004 convention speech, the race speech, the 2008 convention speech, and probably his election night speech too.
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EFerrari Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Dec-19-08 03:01 AM
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15. I'm afraid to know.
lol

He is probably writing it with a partner.
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