Rhetorical Question Enthusiast Prints

"So ... is the Pope Catholic?"

"And finally, I'd like to take any questions from the floor."

Information...political rhetoric

'I'm afraid I'll fall and no one will hear me.'

'I'm now going to open the floor to questions.'

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

The Truth

"...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.

"Afterward, there will be a short Q. and A. that will be just long enough for one person to take up too much of it."

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

Children's questions

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

'I always answer their questions with a question - it drives them nuts!'

Language of politics.

Vote For Me: The winning over of voters.

Violent Rhetoric

Lawyers - A peroration a la Demosthenes

"I'd like to start by saying that anything I say that will come back to haunt me will be something taken out of context."

What came first, the chicken or the egg

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

"Is this speech pie-in-the-sky nonsense or aspirational?"

Curious George, Dad

"Don't pull that ditzy-chick, routine with me! A witness saw you cross the road, what I want to know is. . . why?"

That Pesky 'Why' Chromosome.

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

"Stop asking so many questions, or it's right back to Books on Tape for you."

'This will help you keep track of who's who.'

Vicar and Devil at the Pulpit

"Sure he riles up his base, but where's the positive message?"