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  • October 2008

    • 'Sweetie' Talk Saps Seniors' Health

      New York Times  |  Oct 7, 08 7:34 AM CDT

      'Sweetie' Talk Saps Seniors' Health

      (Newser) - Many believe they’re bridging a divide with the elderly by calling them “sweetie” or “dear”—what experts call “elderspeak.” But studies show that such language may actually be hurtful to older people, causing “negative images of aging” that can trigger a “downward spiral” of depression, withdrawal, and increased dependency, a Yale researcher tells the New York Times . More »

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      elderly  • speech  • aging  • seniors  • dialogue

  • September 2008

    • Bush Will Address Public Tonight on Bailout

      CNNMoney  |  Sep 24, 08 12:14 PM CDT

      Bush Will Address Public Tonight on Bailout

      (Newser) - President Bush will address the nation tonight on the proposed $700 billion Wall Street bailout, CNN reports, in hopes a televised speech could sway reticent lawmakers into quick action. The 9pm EDT speech will come after a second day of Treasury chief Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve chair Ben Bernanke explaining the plan to Congress. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Financial Crisis  • credit crisis  • bailout  • Wall Street  • Henry Paulson  • Ben Bernanke  • speech

    • Bush: I'm Working on Economy

      Associated Press  |  Sep 18, 08 10:35 AM CDT

      Bush: I'm Working on Economy

      (AP) - President Bush said today that he shares Americans' concerns about the turmoil in the financial markets, and promised that the government will act aggressively. "The American people can be sure we will continue to act to strengthen and stabilize our financial markets," he said. Bush canceled his fundraisers for the day to focus on what is unfolding as the worst financial meltdown since the Great Depression. More »

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      George W. Bush  • Financial Crisis  • economy  • financial markets  • speech

    • This Ain't Your Granddaddy's Lipstick on a Pig

      Slate  |  Sep 11, 08 2:26 PM CDT

      This Ain't Your Granddaddy's Lipstick on a Pig

      (Newser) - Whether Barack Obama was taking a rouge-colored swipe at Sarah Palin is debatable, but a staffer’s claim that "lipstick on a pig" is a phrase “older than my grandfather’s grandfather” should raise eyebrows, Ben Zimmer explains on Slate. The phrase has probably only been around since the 1980s (about a century less than lipstick itself), but the general sentiment is quite a bit older. More »

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      Barack Obama  • Election 2008  • Sarah Palin  • speech  • controversy  • lipstick  • lipstick on a pig

    • Klein: McCain More Valedictory Than Inspiring

      Time  |  Sep 5, 08 9:44 AM CDT

      Klein: McCain More Valedictory Than Inspiring

      (Newser) - John McCain’s acceptance speech was remarkable, honorable, and sometimes moving, but also sounded like a valedictory, “more the end of a career than the beginning of a presidency,” writes Joe Klein of Time. McCain was short on new ideas—the policy section "was a half-hearted and unadventurous slog through the world of policy." But who but McCain would so comprehensively admit his party’s failures? More »

    • 'Vicious' Speech Bodes Well

      Wall Street Journal  |  Sep 4, 08 10:29 AM CDT

      'Vicious' Speech Bodes Well

      (Newser) - How’d Sarah Palin do in her convention debut? Commentators agree that she showed impressive speaking skills, but part ways on whether she was convincing as a potential VP. The speech was “great” but “vicious,” Dahlia Lithwick writes at Slate. Palin, uses what Lithwick calls a risky tactic: “If your opponent is larger than life, strive to be smaller than life.” More »

    • Palin's Speech a Roaring Success

      Time  |  Sep 4, 08 8:19 AM CDT

      Palin's Speech a Roaring Success

      (Newser) - Sarah Palin "lit up the Republican National Convention last night,” writes Nancy Gibbs in Time . "The hall that felt like a tomb on Monday might as well have seen the Second Coming of Ronald Reagan, so ecstatic was the crowd." As the Alaskan governor spoke amid dancing, chanting delegates, “it was clear a new star had been born, one who could go places John McCain may not even know exist and say things he could never confess.” More »

    • Bizarre Speech Gets Low Marks

      Time  |  Sep 3, 08 11:40 AM CDT

      Bizarre Speech Gets Low Marks

      (Newser) - Joe Lieberman’s speech was certainly noteworthy, but not necessarily in a good way. Here’s what pundits are saying: Lieberman “muddled through” his speech “like a reluctant accomplice,” writes Adam Kushner of Newsweek. Whereas Zell Miller had Republicans whooping, Lieberman gave a languid, golf-clap-worthy address. The Connecticut senator probably “has too many parties to make a coherent argument,” theorizes Mark Halperin of Time . Praise of Bill Clinton particularly confused the crowd. More »

    • McCain Camp Preps Palin for Convention

      Washington Post  |  Sep 3, 08 9:31 AM CDT

      McCain Camp Preps Palin for Convention

      (Newser) - Instead of basking in the limelight as co-star of the RNC, Sarah Palin has been hunkered down in a Minneapolis hotel since Sunday, painstakingly working with John McCain's staff to hone the message she will present as she steps onto the national stage tonight. Her public appearances have been canceled as advisers give her a thorough briefing on McCain’s policies, the Wall Street Journal notes, while a prewritten, “masculine” speech is getting a rewrite in light of the surprise nominee, reports the Washington Post . More »

    • Convention Didn't Win Points for Obama: Poll

      CNN  |  Sep 1, 08 3:38 AM CDT

      Convention Didn't Win Points for Obama: Poll

      (Newser) - The Democratic National Convention and Barack Obama’s acceptance speech failed to boost his ratings despite their favorable reception, reports CNN. Obama and John McCain were in a dead heat a week ago, and remain virtually tied, according to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey. McCain’s well-timed announcement of Sarah Palin as his running mate—which was also favorably received—may have canceled out Obama’s bounce, said a pollster. More »

  • August 2008

    • Edwards Plans First Return to Public Stage

      Associated Press  |  Aug 30, 08 4:27 PM CDT

      Edwards Plans First Return to Public Stage

      (Newser) - John Edwards will emerge from his month-long seclusion to speak in New York next week, the AP reports. Edwards has not appeared publicly since he admitted his affair with videographer Rielle Hunter. His wife, Elizabeth, will not join him as scheduled at the September 8th speech at Hofstra University. Watchers were wary: “I don't think the dust has settled sufficiently,” said a political science professor at Duke. More »

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      John Edwards  • speech  • Elizabeth Edwards  • Rielle Hunter  • extramarital affair

    • Obama on Warpath Pleases, Worries Pundits

      Guardian (UK)  |  Aug 29, 08 1:39 PM CDT

      Obama on Warpath Pleases, Worries Pundits

      (Newser) - The chattering class saw strength—even Rovian aggression—in Barack Obama’s acceptance speech, for better or worse. A sampling of what observers are saying: The Democratic nominee managed to be about voters, not himself, magnificently deflecting John McCain’s entire “celebrity” narrative, Michael Tomasky writes in the Guardian . This speech is exactly what Democrats have been calling for: a bare-knuckled attack on McCain, challenging the Republican "not to stoop to questioning his motives," Dan Balz writes in the Washington Post . More »

    • A 'Perfect Speech for a Skeptical Nation'

      Time  |  Aug 29, 08 9:49 AM CDT

      A 'Perfect Speech for a Skeptical Nation'

      (Newser) - Barack Obama delivered "the perfect speech for a skeptical nation," writes Joe Klein in Time. Absent was Obama’s ty