Craig smith. [applause] a pleasure to see you. Thank you for being here tonight. Nice to be back in lawrence. You have written for the most powerful people in the world. Tell us about your early life and more about how you get to be a president ial speechwriter. The way i became a president ial speechwriter could only happen in america. I was an undergraduate debater where i got a lot of training, how to sift evidence, how to build arguments. I then went on to Communication Studies where i focused on the ancients, cicero on oratory, then institute of oratory, all those things are incorporated in the speechwriting craft. I then became a professor of Communication Studies focusing on rhetoric and public address, wound out after starting at San Diego State at the university of virginia. I was at the university of virginia in 1976. I was invited to the university of North Carolina of chapel hill to give a guest lecturer at 10 00 in the morning. Turned out gerald ford was lecturing on the c
tdd# 1-800-345-2550 before giving you practical ideas you can act on. tdd# 1-800-345-2550 so talk to chuck online, on the phone, tdd# 1-800-345-2550 or come in and pull up a chair. hit me with your best shot snoets. if campaigns aren t going well, people try new shots. it didn t work in new hampshire, i don t think it will work in south carolina. take your best shot. bring it on mitt romney says. hit me with your best shot in south carolina. fresh off his win in new hampshire, he s ready to go to the mat there. here to talk about it, chuck connolly, welcome back. good morning. good morning. okay, i m going through the papers. here are the words we have seen the describe political battles in south carolina.
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