Prof. James Humes: How To Speak Like Sir Winston Churchill

Video Title :	Prof. James Humes: How To Speak Like Sir Winston Churchill
Description :	Howard Phillips hosts Dr. James Humes, Professor at the University of Southern California. Humes has published many books on the art of public speaking, and has been writing for Republican presidents since Eisenhower. He and Phillips discuss history's most articulate leaders, starting with Winston Churchill. Humes delivers quotes by Churchill, General Patton, Roosevelt and JFK Kennedy on the show; and discusses his books and other books for those interested in public speaking and rhetoric. One of his books is "Churchill's Secret, How Conservatives Can Craft Winning Lines", which can help you to speak like Churchill. This is an edition of Conservative Roundtable, the nationally broadcast conservative television program hosted by Howard Phillips, and produced by The Conservative Caucus. Please visit our website: http://www.conservativeusa.org
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Keywords, Tags :	James Humes Howard Phillips Conservative Roundtable Caucus public speaking Winston Churchill Roosevelt Kennedy JFK
Video Length :	27 : 56

Comments :

Candidates pander to the masses, not just the upper-class elites. Everyone has an equal vote now.

I agree with you, ludachris475, that nowadays' speechwritting has no comparison to that of days gone by. Nevertheless, I don't think the reason to be that we, the people, are more stupid but that the message has been adapted to the format suitable for massive TV reach. Speeches are synthetic products done by comunication engineers, designed to maximize impact on a 30 seconds appearence: plain language, symplified argumentation and a photogenic sincere-looking smile.

Winning lines? Most modern speechwriting today is a miserable, hapless, pastiche of pure crap. This is due in part to the fact that the populace is so stupid nowadays that the average speech is written at a third grade level. I have seldom heard a decent speech in my entire gestation and I probably never will again.

Well I wouldn't lose too much faith just as yet mate.