Rhetoric Wizard Mugs

'His best qualities are circumventing questions and evading answers.'

"Socrates, you have an answer for everything, you can convince anyone of anything, and you know everything. You ought to become a lawyer."

"My report to the board was perfect. They did not understand a word of it and now think I'm smarter than them."

Information...political rhetoric

'Actually, I think my use of hyperbole is not only iconoclastic, it is potentially revolutionary.'

"...and to save you time, anything I say that comes back to haunt me, was something taken out of context."

And now, for a rebuttal.

"Smart stuff, Chip, but wise up and dumb it down."

Professor Dubreuil is blow away by the dynamic vitality of Dean Richmond's rhetoric.

Your logic is flaccid and your data suppositional, dawg!

Language of politics.

"Honey, Clay Buchholz is about to cement a Cy Young!"

Violent Rhetoric

Vote For Me: The winning over of voters.

"And she's an interesting conversationalist, too."

"Friends, Romans, countrymen, heterosexuals, homosexuals, bisexuals, transgender. . ."

Lawyers - A peroration a la Demosthenes

'Wow! Can't you just feel the safe-ness!'

'Hopkins, I want you to write me an inspiring, dynamic speech that bears my unmistakable stamp of genius.'

'Oh, the irony! Just guess who gave me the welfare check I bought this sign with!'

Vicar and Devil at the Pulpit

NBS NEWS DIVISION, 'You've written a nice editorial on Sarah Palin here, but change 'said' to 'spewed,' and 'speech' to 'vitriol.''

"My platform can be summarized in a single word: Leadership!"

"He doesn't lie. . . just repositions the truth."

"He's our man. He's our guy. He lies less than those other guys!"

'Not guilty, Your Honor, by reason of watching of watching too much political opponent-bashing.'

'Well, having a general opinion that fits every topic keeps him from wasting words...'

"So apart from stop being 'lying hypocritical uncaring bastards who'd promise anything to get back in power'...is there anything else we might do to secure your vote?"

'Y.C.M.A.? Looks like we got dyslexic disco dancers in the house.'