Politico-speech practice
<p><span word="With">With</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Olympics">Olympics</span> <span word="over">over</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="media">media</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="gone">gone</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="politics">politics</span> <span word="and">and</span>, <span word="for">for</span> <span word="students">students</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="also">also</span> <span word="gone">gone</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="classrooms">classrooms</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="week">week</span>, <span word="now">now</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="time">time</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="practice">practice</span> <span word="some">some</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="politico">politico</span>-<span word="speak">speak</span>.</p><p><span word="With">With</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="election">election</span> <span word="scheduled">scheduled</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="November">November</span> 4, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="all">all</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="bombarded">bombarded</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="political">political</span> <span word="news">news</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="views">views</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="next">next</span> <span word="month">month</span>.</p><p><span word="Last">Last</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="had">had</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Democratic">Democratic</span> <span word="Convention">Convention</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="Barack">Barack</span> <span word="Obama">Obama</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="buddies">buddies</span> <span word="blowing">blowing</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="trumpet">trumpet</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="week">week</span> <span word="its">its</span> <span word="Senator">Senator</span> <span word="McCain">McCain</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="Republican">Republican</span> <span word="pals">pals</span> <span word="making">making</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="racket">racket</span>.</p><p><span word="Believe">Believe</span> <span word="me">me</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="good">good</span> <span word="grasp">grasp</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="issues">issues</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="candidates">candidates</span> <span word="present">present</span> <span word="will">will</span> <span word="help">help</span> <span word="you">you</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="any">any</span> <span word="writing">writing</span>/<span word="speaking">speaking</span> <span word="test">test</span> <span word="situation">situation</span> <span word="or">or</span> <span word="coffee">coffee</span> <span word="table">table</span> <span word="conversation">conversation</span> – <span word="so">so</span> <span word="let">let</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="get">get</span> <span word="started">started</span>.</p><p><span word="This">This</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="focus">focus</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="war">war</span>/ <span word="terrorism">terrorism</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="economy">economy</span>, <span word="jobs">jobs</span>, <span word="health">health</span>, <span word="education">education</span>, <span word="energy">energy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="environment">environment</span>.</p><p><span word="I">I</span>'<span word="ve">ve</span> <span word="looked">looked</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="environment">environment</span> <span word="before">before</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="column">column</span> <span word="so">so</span> <span word="let">let</span>'<span word="s">s</span> <span word="focus">focus</span> <span word="now">now</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="war">war</span>/<span word="terrorism">terrorism</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="getting">getting</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="lot">lot</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="attention">attention</span>.</p><p><span word="As">As</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="US">US</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="land">land</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="cowboy">cowboy</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="incumbent">incumbent</span> <span word="President">President</span> <span word="comes">comes</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="Texas">Texas</span>, <span word="we">we</span> <span word="should">should</span> <span word="recall">recall</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="it">it</span> <span word="was">was</span> 6 <span word="years">years</span> <span word="ago">ago</span> <span word="when">when</span> <span word="GW">GW</span> <span word="first">first</span> <span word="talked">talked</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="smoking">smoking</span> <span word="gun">gun</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="could">could</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="mushroom">mushroom</span> <span word="cloud">cloud</span>.</p><p><span word="His">His</span> <span word="party">party</span>, <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Republicans">Republicans</span>, <span word="have">have</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="strong">strong</span> <span word="military">military</span> <span word="tradition">tradition</span>, <span word="and">and</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="chosen">chosen</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="their">their</span> <span word="candidate">candidate</span> <span word="an">an</span> <span word="ex">ex</span> <span word="POW">POW</span>, <span word="Senator">Senator</span> <span word="John">John</span> <span word="McCain">McCain</span>.</p><p><span word="McCain">McCain</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="slated">slated</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="someone">someone</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="speaks">speaks</span> <span word="straight">straight</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="heart">heart</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="prepared">prepared</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="make">make</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="hard">hard</span> <span word="decisions">decisions</span>. <span word="However">However</span> <span word="at">at</span> 72, <span word="some">some</span> <span word="have">have</span> <span word="suggested">suggested</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="he">he</span> <span word="may">may</span> <span word="be">be</span> <span word="past">past</span> <span word="his">his</span> <span word="expiry">expiry</span> <span word="date">date</span>.</p>
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