The Political speech is good not when it proves that a man is telling the truth but when no one else can prove it's a lie.
The Political speech is not about words chosen for the sake of their meaning, rather, more and more, it is phrases tacked together like the sections of a prefabricated hen-house..
Political speech is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
Political speech is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
A Political speech is like steer horns. A point here, a point there, and a lot of bull in between.
The Political speech is oratoracal Muzak, with verb-free sentences like 'our people, prosperous and secure' conveying little but a sense of well-being.
Political speech is, largely, the defense of the indefensible which is why it consists largely of euphemism, question-begging, and sheer cloudy vagueness.