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Obama’s Stump Speech

FactCheck by Brooks Jackson | Sep. 20, 2012 (Fact Check)

It’s the oldest form of political communication. Before there was Twitter or Facebook, before there were 30-second television ads, or super PACs, or even radio or newspapers — there was the stump speech. Ancient Greek politicians spoke directly to citizens in the Agora in Athens 2,500 years ago; 19th-century American politicians stood on tree stumps to deliver their direct pitches to voters. And today’s politicians are still at it. Full Story »

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awesome speech, such speech are of good contents

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