Did you watch any of the Republican National Convention last night? With all
the hoopla surrounding Zell Miller I decided to tune in.
As he walked out and looked at the attendees, I thought, "This guy looks mad."
Then I found out he was mad. You can read the text of his speech here:
http://www.instantspeakingsuccess.com/articles.php?a=read&aid=229
Here's a portion...
Time after time in our history, in the face of great danger, Democrats and Republicans
worked together to ensure that freedom would not falter. But not today.
Motivated more by partisan politics than by national security, today's Democratic
leaders see America as an occupier, not a liberator.
And nothing makes this Marine madder than someone calling American troops occupiers
rather than liberators.
Tell that to the one-half of Europe that was freed because Franklin Roosevelt
led an army of liberators, not occupiers.
Tell that to the lower half of the Korean Peninsula that is free because Dwight
Eisenhower commanded an army of liberators, not occupiers.
Tell that to the half a billion men, women and children who are free today from
the Baltics to the Crimea, from Poland to Siberia, because Ronald Reagan rebuilt
a military of liberators, not occupiers.
Never in the history of the world has any soldier sacrificed more for the freedom
and liberty of total strangers than the American soldier. And, our soldiers don't
just give freedom abroad, they preserve it for us here at home.
For it has been said so truthfully that it is the soldier, not the reporter,
who has given us the freedom of the press.
It is the soldier, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech. It is the
soldier, not the agitator, who has given us the freedom to protest.
It is the soldier who salutes the flag, serves beneath the flag, whose coffin
is draped by the flag who gives that protester the freedom to abuse and burn that
flag.
No one should dare to even think about being the Commander in Chief of this country
if he doesn't believe with all his heart that our soldiers are liberators abroad
and defenders of freedom at home.
What can we learn from Zell?
First, nothing's better than being in front of a crowd who will agree with almost
anything you say.
Second, the more emotional - passionate - you are about your message; the greater
impact it will make.
Third, there is power in cadence and rhythm.
Fourth, perfection is not necessary. Miller did not speak great though he had
a great speech for his party. His articulation was poor at times, and his physicality
was weak at time. But it didn't matter. The emotion of his words won the crowd.
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