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Is Hillary Clinton Calling for Increased US Propaganda Efforts?

Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Communications, Government & Politics on March 3, 2011


U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton testified yesterday that the US is falling behind in the world information wars to folks like Al-Jazeera. One possible solution? Boosting the U.S. television arm though Voice of America and other state-run media.

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Hillary Clinton Avoids Calling For Mubarak’s Ouster

Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, blogging, Body Language, celebrities, CEOs/Financial, Crisis Communications, Government & Politics, Politics on January 31, 2011


Hillary Clinton has clearly mastered the transition from political speak to diplomacy speak. She is, admittedly, in a tough spot.

Egypt’s Mubarak has been a reliable ally of the United States for 30 years and it doesn’t look good for the US to just turn on him instantly. On the other hand, he is an evil dictator who oppresses his people and may be hung from his toes on a street corner in Cairo soon.

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Smart Rhetoric of the Day: Hillary Clinton calls Arizona shooter and “Extremist”

Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, Body Language, celebrities, CEOs/Financial on January 10, 2011


By calling him an extremist, she neatly sidesteps the whole left/right debate and offends no one; and yet she is speaking out in a forceful way. Well done Hilary!

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Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton Are The Most Admired Man and Woman In America – USA Today

Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Body Language, celebrities, CEOs/Financial, Communications, Crisis Communications, Debate Central, Government & Politics on December 28, 2010

Polls like this are meaningless. All they do is measure name ID. If you like Obama and Clinton don’t get too excited; Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin are on the list too, with Palin actually coming in 2nd place.

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Obama Leaves Briefing Room Again, Different Clinton This Time -VIDEO

Posted by TJ Walker in advertising, Analysis, Audio/Video Technology, Authors Corner, Best Speaker of the Day, blogging, Body Language, celebrities, CEOs/Financial, Video on December 16, 2010

TJ walker comments on another Clinton taking the spotlight from Obama.

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Is Hillary Clinton Dropping Hints?

Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Communications, Government & Politics, media relations, Politics on December 3, 2010

Hillary Clinton told the media today in Bahrain that her current job would be her last in public life. Is this significant? I’m not so sure. Who hasn’t had a bad day and thought, enough of this already? Still, I can imagine Hillary taking a few years off and then running for President in 2016. One you have become a presidential candidate, you are presumed to be a presidential candidate for the rest of your life—that’s just the way it goes. More at Mediaite.

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Stop the Rush to Judgement on Call for Clinton to Resign over Wikileaks.

Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Crisis Communications, Government & Politics, public relations, Video on December 2, 2010

With the Wikileaks disaster still on everyones’ lips, Hillary Clinton is getting most of the bad press with many demanding she resign.

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Lebron James in Cleveland Press Conference

Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, blogging, celebrities, Communications, Media, Presentation Skills Training, Social Media, Video on December 1, 2010

Advice for Lebron James, Should Hillary Clinton resign? Answers to these and more viewer questions.

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Hillary Clinton makes statement attacking Wikileaks

Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, CEOs/Financial, Crisis Communications, Government & Politics, Great Lectures, Media on November 30, 2010

A lot of people have made a nice living trashing Hillary Clinton on a daily basis, but you have to feel sorry for her today. Her statement attacking Wikileaks was fair and passionate. But let’s face it; it’s inherently difficult and complicated to have to defend secrecy. It really comes down to this: it’s a better world if government people can tell lies to and about each other rather than instantly waging war. That doesn’t quite fit on a bumper sticker, but it’s true nonetheless. See more about what Clinton said yesterday at Forbes.

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Could Hillary Clinton be the first Victim of Wikileaks?

Posted by TJ Walker in Analysis, Crisis Communications, Debate Central, Fear of Speaking, Foreign Languages, Government & Politics on November 30, 2010

Jack Schafer at Slate makes the case that Hillary Clinton is going to be seriously damaged as Secretary of state, given revelations that she authorized spying on diplomats from other countries. Yes, this sort of thing has long gone on, but it isn’t talked about or openly acknowledge. Now, there is no way of hiding it. Like it or not, part of diplomacy is telling lies. Now, that’s no longer an option for Clinton. Prediction: Hillary Clinton gets promoted to Secretary of Defense when Gates retires early next year.
More at Slate.

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Marco Rubio is headed to Washington…now what?

Posted by TJ Walker in celebrities, Communications, Government & Politics, Media, Politics on November 15, 2010

By all accounts Senator-elect Marco Rubio has a new role model and it is…Hillary Clinton? That’s right, while her conservative detractors would be loath to admit it, all serious political observers gave Clinton high marks for how she handled herself when she was the new celebrity Senator in 2001. She took un-glamorous committee assignments, because a work horse and shunned the limelight. And that’s how she became a true powerhouse in the Senate and not just a pretend senator who got on TV a lot. Rubio would be well-advised to continue following the Clinton model for newly elected Senators with high national followings. More at Politico.

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Hillary Clinton makes statement that she won’t run for President in 2012 or 2016

Posted by TJ Walker in Communications, Government & Politics, Politics on November 5, 2010


I understand it must be irritating for political figures to have to hear the same stupid question 100 times a day, but why go out of your way to categorically turn down opportunity? 2016 is a long way off. If Hillary Clinton does decide to run, then all of her opponents can now claim she lied. Why give them more ammunition? Sometimes it’s best to simply say “I’m enjoying the job I’m in right now” with a twinkle in your eye and then let others guess about your future. More at Reuters

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New York Times Look at Political Oratory

Posted by TJ Walker in Government & Politics, Politics, Public Speaking Skills on January 13, 2008

Great piece on evolving political oratory in today’s New York Times. In the current political season, Hillary Clinton has been making the case that oratorical skills don’t mean much without the ability to work behind the sense to get things done, an endorsement for her experience and an implied attack on Barack Obama and John Edwards—good speakers both. Obama supporters make the point that rhetorical skills are intertwined with political skills. The article quotes Ted Sorensen:

“The most important quality for a president, as Kennedy and Roosevelt demonstrated, is not how many roll call votes he answered sitting in the Senate, but his qualities as a leader who can mobilize people, inspire them, galvanize them, arouse them to action,” Sorensen said. “The ability to inspire and excite an audience on the campaign trail is one of the reasons I think Obama will be a success as president.”

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Judging the Public speaking authenticity of the major presidential Candidates

Posted by TJ Walker in Politics, Public Speaking Skills on January 12, 2008

Honestly folks, I’m really not judging politics here. I am simply attempting to look at how the authenticity levels of candidates are affecting their public speaking effectiveness. Here’s how I rate the top remaining candidates.

1-10 scale

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Hillary Clinton “Crying” Sound bite

Posted by TJ Walker in Government & Politics, Politics, Public Speaking Skills on January 10, 2008


Once in every election there is a sound bite where something dramatic occurs that supposedly turns the election. Usually, the news media get this wrong. Here is the clip where Senator Clinton allegedly cries in New Hampshire. Only, if you look closely, she doesn’t actually cry—she simply speaks in emotional terms. In 2004, Howard Dean’s scream allegedly destroyed his campaign. In truth his campaign had already peaked and John Kerry had already destroyed Dean in Iowa.In 1987 Gary Hart supposedly destroyed his campaign by issuing a challenge to the press “Go ahead and follow me around. You won’t find anything and you will be bored.” But what everyone always forgets is the story where that this was quoted came out one day AFTER the Miami Herald broke the story about Hart’s Monkey Business. Did Ed Muskie’s crying in New Hampshire destroy his candidacy in 1972? In truth he was an establishment candidate who didn’t campaign very hard and was seen as a sinking ship. Even the supposed tears on his face are questionable, given that it was snowing on him at the time.So what’s the point? I am a lifelong fan of politics and the art of the sound bite. But the more I follow both, I realize that the political media and other observers will often latch on to a sound bite to try to impose a narrative onto a story and to establish a cause and effect when it fact all they are doing is guessing. I think Hillary Clinton’s emotional moment in New Hampshire was a compelling emotional moment. But did it turn the election? I find that a dubious proposition.

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So how did the candidates do in the victory and consolation speeches?

Posted by TJ Walker in Debate Central, Government & Politics, Politics, Public Speaking Skills on January 8, 2008

Mitt Romney—I thought he seemed down, depressed, and as if his whole world were caving in. Other pundits thought it was his best speech of the campaign—candid, genuine and personal.

Mike Huckabee—He was his usual Huckabee, i.e., funny, personal, emotional, and empathetic. Huckabee is Rush Limbaugh, Ronald Reagan, James Carville and Gomer Pyle combined. He looked and sounded like a winner.

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Democratic Debate Summary

Posted by TJ Walker in Debate Central, Government & Politics, Politics, Public Speaking Skills on January 5, 2008

Below you will find a real time analysis of both the Democratic and Republican Presidential debates.

Here is final analysis of the Democratic debate.

This seems like a horrible dodge, but I have to give a three-way tie for first to John Edwards, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton. all three were at their best. They all played to their strengths. No one made any big blunders or mistakes. Each used compelling logic and made forceful appeals, plus showed signs of likability.

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Debate-final movements

Posted by TJ Walker in Debate Central, Government & Politics, Politics, Public Speaking Skills on January 5, 2008

Clinton. On what she’d like to take back from debate. not buch.

Richardson was candid on wizzer white pick as favorite Supreme Court judge.

Edwards. Funny and self-effacing about hilliary’s jacket.

Obama. fine close.

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Democratic Debate-Carbon Tax

Posted by TJ Walker in Debate Central, Government & Politics, Politics, Public Speaking Skills on January 5, 2008

Richardson. Spoke well on Carbon tax.

Obama. He seems well-versed on this and all other subjects. Obama comes across as quite knowledgeable.

Clinton. Nice tailoring of energy costs as they relate to people of New Hampshire. clinotn does not sound shrill or strident. The format of sitting down and beign close to people helps her sound conversational.

Edwards. He has really refined his populist message and delivery. But he’s not sounding protectionist or anti-globalism.

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Democratic Debate

Posted by TJ Walker in Debate Central, Government & Politics, Politics, Public Speaking Skills on January 5, 2008

Edwards. Making populist arguments and sounding convincing.
Edwards on what he accomplished in the Senate: patients bill of rights. he made a good argument here and was personal and named names of people it would help. Came across as committed and passionate. Great energy.

Clinton. She nailed Edwards on the fact that his legislation never passed. i.e., he didn’t accomplish anything. She nailed Edwards. Then she nailed Obama. “Words are not actions” she is slamming Edwards and Obama in a forceful and fair manner.

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