Obama, Kennedy and ‘the neurology of reason’
August 31, 2009
Speechwriters on either side of the aisle, it seems to me, should have David Shenkโs back as he calls in The Atlantic Online for logic, reason and rationality in political communication. In an analysis of President Obamaโs and the late Senator Kennedyโs communication styles, he writes that โone does not have to agree with Obamaโs specific political goals to be worried about the birthers and the town-hall intimidators. Rationality is something we should all desperately desire, and is dear to all well-meaning conservatives that I know.โ
Lovers of rhetoric, can we assume we all have this point of view in common?