They make for great campaign commercials and speech themes, but do they really matter to the economy?
By Steve Coll December 9, 2009 They make for great campaign commercials and speech themes, but do they really matter to the economy?
In 1924, a speech themed The Great Asianism by Sun Yat-sen in Kobe of Japan pointed out that Japan's rise, abrogation of unequal treaties and victory over Russia had ever aroused the hope of Asian people, that is, to seek for independence by learning from Japan.
While Clinton undoubtedly wants to see her party do well on Nov. 4, a return to town halls and diners will give her a chance to test speech themes and flex her retail politics muscles ahead of her own likely run for president in 2016.
In Woodside, Calif., an affluent community between San Francisco and San Jose, Mr. Obama hit his stump-speech theme that the 2012 election will be "a contest of values," and then suggested that some in his audience might well be former Republicans "puzzled by what's happening to that party".
In keeping with the film's free-speech theme, the song was premiered on 4Chan's 404 page it's a fitting tribute to Snowden, who's become a hero to free speech activists and the Chan community.
Justice, more than war, was the speech's theme.
