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

Oz Debating Society. You can't refute everything I say just by call it a "straw man" argument.

Masters of Political Oratory

'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.

Rush Limbaugh

Your logic is flaccid and your data suppositional, dawg!

Language of politics.

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

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

Lawyers - A peroration a la Demosthenes

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

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

Violent Rhetoric

Vote For Me: The winning over of voters.

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

Four More More Years

Vicar and Devil at the Pulpit

Trumped by Semniotics

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

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

The Ballad of the Lavender Dot

Trumped by Semniotics

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

Them's fightin' words, mister

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

"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?"

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

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