Archive for the ‘Politics’ Category

Mayoral Candidate Breaks Into Song During Live TV Appearance

by Mediaite.com
Well this is certainly something you don’t see every day. During a live “Coffee With The Candidates” segment on Fox Providence’s Rhode Show, Mayoral hopeful Chris Young wasted no time in demonstrating his true passion to the local host, in what may go down as the most awkward interview ever.

If the people who came up to you and told you how great you were can’t name any specific message points you were trying to deliver, rest assured, you failed completely in your speech delivery, no matter how many nice things an audience member is saying.

by TJ Walker

Glenn Beck Rally Prep Begins, Permits Issued

by Joe Strupp
Organizers of Glenn Beck’s rally slated for Saturday in Washington, D.C., say they expect to have as many as 300,000 people in attendance, according to the permits issued for the event last week.

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Fareed Zakaria Leaving Newsweek for Time

by Mediaite.com
After ten years with the magazine, Newsweek International editor Fareed Zakaria will be leaving at the end of September to join Time as Editor at Large.

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Gordon Brown enters speaking business @$100,000 a pop! – public speaking

The former Prime Minister isn’t as eloquent as Tony Blair or Bill Clinton, but his high name ID and his central role in world events command a six figure fee.

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Surprise! Web foments Hate!

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New policy at TJWalker Interactive regarding political comments

I love politics, In fact I was a political commentator for many years. But the point of TJWalker Interactive here at the blog and over on my YouTube channel is to discuss and analyze communication and speaking skills. Unfortunately, I find that, especially on YouTube, it’s impossible for some small-minded people to ever think past [...]

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Daily Broadcast – Steven Slater, GOP Chairman, Obama and the Mosque

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Sound bites of the day TJ Walker – Michael Steele, Steven Slater, Obama and the Mosque

Ed Rollins, the GOP operative who was Ragan’s Campaign manager, basically came out and admitted that GOP Michael Steele is the biggest disaster to happen to the Republicans since, well, Watergate. Steele isn’t able to communicate positive messages about the party—he’s too busy defending himself against the charges that he is the biggest screw-up ever.

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Sound bites from TJ Walker August 12, 2010 Steven Slater, Jetblue, David Dinkins

JetBlue deserves an f- for waiting 48 hours before responding to the angry flight attendant situation. But I give them an A+ for their witty, fun, light blog posting they put out. JetBlue will escape any damage from the flight attendant story because it is a personal story about one man’s frustration with an obnoxious [...]

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