http://www.apoliticus.com/2008/10/top-5-political-quotes-that-defined-presidencies/ Political Humor, Lists & More Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:30:13 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 http://www.apoliticus.com/2008/10/top-5-political-quotes-that-defined-presidencies/comment-page-1/#comment-24826 Top 5 Political Sound Bites | Jess Todtfeld Mon, 18 Jul 2011 21:51:13 +0000 http://www.apoliticus.com/?p=148#comment-24826 [...] http://www.apoliticus.com/2008/10/top-5-political-quotes-that-defined-presidencies/ [...] [...] http://www.apoliticus.com/2008/10/top-5-political-quotes-that-defined-presidencies/ [...]

]]> http://www.apoliticus.com/2008/10/top-5-political-quotes-that-defined-presidencies/comment-page-1/#comment-1129 On your marks …. inspiration in a nutshell « Don’t Compromise! Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:31:47 +0000 http://www.apoliticus.com/?p=148#comment-1129 [...] But we should offer a few - just a few - words of caution. Soundbites can bite back. They may be phrases that will live on, but we suspect the speakers of “the pound in your pocket”, “back to basics” and “an end to boom and bust” would rather have remained silent. Speech writers and makers can overlook unintentional irony too: if Tony Blair’s “Now is not the time for sound-bites. I can feel the hand of history on my shoulder” was an attempt at modesty, it missed its target. And now, of course, we have websites to remind of us those sentences that have come to define careers. [...] [...] But we should offer a few – just a few – words of caution. Soundbites can bite back. They may be phrases that will live on, but we suspect the speakers of “the pound in your pocket”, “back to basics” and “an end to boom and bust” would rather have remained silent. Speech writers and makers can overlook unintentional irony too: if Tony Blair’s “Now is not the time for sound-bites. I can feel the hand of history on my shoulder” was an attempt at modesty, it missed its target. And now, of course, we have websites to remind of us those sentences that have come to define careers. [...]

]]> http://www.apoliticus.com/2008/10/top-5-political-quotes-that-defined-presidencies/comment-page-1/#comment-6 robocaller Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:56:38 +0000 http://www.apoliticus.com/?p=148#comment-6 Oliver North now has a radio show Oliver North now has a radio show

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