C. Fraser Smith: Taking a rhetorical mayhem break 

BY: C. Fraser Smith
POSTED: January 27, 2011
Tags: 2011, C. Fraser Smith, democrat, GOP, joe wilson, michele bachmann, president obama, republican, rhetorical mayhem break, state of the union address, tea party

Did you find yourself hoping for a Joe Wilson redux Tuesday night? If so, you weren’t alone. After the SOTU (that’s media speak for State of the Union), commentator Joe Scarborough found the president’s presentation underwhelming, lacking in emotional power or and punch. It was like people woke up to the realization that public speaking [...]