[lbo-talk] Iraq war "clearer" to Americans than WW 2

Doug Henwood dhenwood at panix.com
Tue Apr 8 14:04:55 PDT 2003


Nathan Newman wrote:


>It's kind of amazing the assumption that speeches at rallies should be
>forgettable. From union rallies to civil rights rallies, some of the most
>memorable rhetoric in history, that the media picked up and played over and
>over again, came from speeches at podiums at such rallies.

Well there was MLK's "I have a dream," for sure, but how many orators like that do we have? What else do you have in mind? Almost everything I've ever heard at rallies has been dull.

Doug



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