Tonights guest was a fulltime speechwriter for president gerald ford and a consulting writer to george h. W. Bush. He served as founding president of the freedom of Expression Foundation in washington, d. C. He has won numerous awards for his research, including an award for political communication. It is with pleasure that i welcome dr. Craig smith. Would you please welcome dr. Craig smith. [applause] yous nice to be back in lawrence. Back in lawrence. You have written for some of the most powerful people in the world. Can you tell us about your early life and how you got to be a president ial speechwriter. Dr. Smith the way i became a president ial speechwriter could only happen in america. I was an undergraduate, i got a lot of training in how to make cases, how to sift evidence and build arguments. I went on for a phd in communication studies, where i focused on aristotle. All of those things are incorporated in the speechwriting craft. I then became a professor of communication st
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Welcome dr. Craig smith. Ladies and gentlemen, would you please welcome dr. Craig smith. [applause] dr. Smith, its a pleasure to see you, thanks for being here with us tonight. You have written for some of the most powerful people in the world. Can you tell us a little bit about your early life and tell us more about how you get to be a president ial speechwriter. I became a president ial speechwriter can only happen in america. I was an undergraduate debater got a lot of training in how to make cases, how to sift evidence, how to build arguments. I then went on for a phd in Communication Studies where i focused on the ancients, aristotle on rhetoric, cicero on oratory. All those things are incorporated in the speechwriting craft. Professor of a Communication Studies, focusing on rhetoric and public address. At sanp after starting diego state, i wound up at the university of virginia and i was at the university of virginia in 1976 and i was invited down to the university of North Carol
Your television provider. Announcer next, correct smith, the author of confessions of a president ial speechwriter. He discusses writing for president s ford and george h. W. Bush. He also evaluates the speaking styles of President Trump and the democratic president ial candidate. The robert dold institute of politics hosted this 50 minute event at the university of kansas. Tonights guest was a fulltime speechwriter for president gerald ford and a consulting writer to george h. W. Bush. Tonight he served as founding president of the freedom of Expression Foundation in washington, d. C. He has won numerous awards for his research, including an award for political communication. It is with pleasure that i welcome dr. Craig smith. Would you please welcome dr. Craig smith. [applause] you have written for some of the most powerful people in the world. Can you tell us a little bit about your early life and how you got to be a president ial speechwriter . Dr. Smith the way i became a presiden