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Re: Gore's speech writers

To: [email protected], [email protected] (Timothy C. May)
Subject: Re: Gore's speech writers
From: "Declan B. McCullagh" <[email protected]>
Date: Mon, 10 Jun 1996 06:56:55 -0400 (EDT)
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Excerpts from internet.cypherpunks: 9-Jun-96 Gore's speech writers by
Timothy C. [email protected] 
> I read an interesting op-ed piece about how wonderful Bob Dole's
> resignation-from-the-Senate speech was, about how resonant and thoughtful
> it was. But the piece went on to point out that the speech was
> "un-Dole-like." Turns out it was written by Mark Helprin, a former WSJ
> writer and current novelist. Dole is just a typical politician.

I've been a fan of Helprin's short stories for a number of years -- he
is a beautiful writer and talented wordsmith. Helprin can make a
paragraph get up, get down, and do the fandango.

If anything is going to give Dole a competitive edge during this
campaign, it's Mark Helprin.

-Declan

References:
- Gore's speech writers
  - From: [email protected] (Timothy C. May)

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