Theodore Sorenson was the voice of John F. Kennedy. JFK called him "my intellectual blood bank." All of JFK's great speeches from the one before the Massachusetts legislature to his inaugural address, Sorenson always wrote the first draft and the two colloborated to reach the finished product. Washington Monthly asked Sorenson to write his ideal speech for the Democratic nominee to give as his/her acceptance speech (regardless of who the nominee is). It is the speech that I wish that I would hear a few months from now in Denver. If only. If you ask me, which no one did, it is hard to imagine anyone other than Obama or Edwards delivering this speech.
The New Vision - By Theodore Sorenson
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That was the best speech I've heard since Obama's 2004 speech. And I agree, only Edwards or Obama could give this speech...fingers crossed that one of them WILL be the nominee reading this speech. I agree with everything he wrote.
Thanks for the link--and nice work blogging.
Howl was me, btw, I forgot that my name was set to that.
Katie L
I knew that you would like it Katie. I also could have titled that blog post "The speech I wish I could write."
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