Who Writes the President's Speeches?

Civics 101

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Education, History, Supreme Court, American History, Elections, Democracy, Society & Culture, Government, Civics, Politics, Social Studies

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🗓️ 15 February 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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The ghostwriters behind a president's public words.

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0:00.0	The
0:02.0	The
0:04.0	Devotion which we bring to this endeavor
0:07.2	We'll light our country and all who serve it
0:10.6	Nick are you familiar with John F. Kennedy's inaugural address?
0:14.1	I think so you don't want me to take your crack out of you sure
0:19.1	Ask not what your country can do for you
0:23.6	Ask what you can do for your country
0:26.2	It's terrible
0:28.2	Sorry everyone. I do love that
0:35.5	So I have to admit here, I'm not sure I ever actually listened to the whole thing
0:40.2	I just knew that line ask what you can do for your country, right?
0:44.4	But to hear this young-ish guy who just narrowly won the presidency
0:50.0	Speak with so much urgency and energy and certainty in his voice
0:55.3	I could feel the 60s in the air, you know, I could like feel the change it riled me up
1:03.1	Which we ask of you
1:06.3	With a good conscience
1:08.3	I'm only sure we want
1:11.5	With history the finals judge of our needs
1:14.3	Let us go for to lead the land we love and I'm just watching this age and thinking who wrote that gold
1:31.5	This is civics 101 I'm Hannah McCarthy I'm Nick Cavadice and today we're talking about the political professionals behind
1:37.2	The words of the politicians we're talking about speech writers in other words Nick. We're talking about ghosts
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