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<IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= A Study in the Rhetoric of George W. Bush In his commencement speech to the class of 2007 at UC Berkeley’s Department of Rhetoric, author Mark Danner gives the new graduates a crash course in Bushian rhetoric (not quite on par with Aristotle’s celebrated canon) and dubs Bush the “first Rhetoric-Major President.” (Note: Article courtesy of Tom Engelhardt at <a href="http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=200332" title="TomDispatch.com">TomDispatch.com</a>.) <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070601_a_study_in_bushs_rhetoric/">http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070601_a_study_in_bushs_rhetoric/</a> Copyright © 2007 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com <IMG src="http://www.truthdig.com/images/masthead_newsletter.gif"> Hi, I read this on Truthdig and thought you would find it interesting. =-=-=-=-=-=-= A Study in the Rhetoric of George W. Bush In his commencement speech to the class of 2007 at UC Berkeley’s Department of Rhetoric, author Mark Danner gives the new graduates a crash course in Bushian rhetoric (not quite on par with Aristotle’s celebrated canon) and dubs Bush the “first Rhetoric-Major President.” (Note: Article courtesy of Tom Engelhardt at <a href="http://www.tomdispatch.com/index.mhtml?pid=200332" title="TomDispatch.com">TomDispatch.com</a>.) <a href="http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070601_a_study_in_bushs_rhetoric/">http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20070601_a_study_in_bushs_rhetoric/</a> Copyright © 2007 Truthdig, L.L.C. All rights reserved. =-=-=-=-=-=-= This is a one-time mailing from Truthdig, (<a href="http://www.truthdig.com/">www.truthdig.com</a>) on behalf of the sender. Please report any misuse to webmaster-at-truthdig.com

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