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Posted Wednesday, September 03, 2008 3:41 PM

The Moderate Voice: Rudy Giuliani Tonight Portrays Obama as Trickster

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Tonight at the GOP convention, Rudy took the stage to wild applause. Rather than analyze the content of his words, I found myself analyzing the process Rudy used to speak about Senators McCain and Obama. It was fascinating. And brilliant as strategy. He closed off the self-important GOP endorsers with all their pronouncements, and instead drew the circle down to regular people.' For instance, he began by saying, no Hollywood stars will decide this election. Just the people. As they say, the crowd went wild.' How tribal the two political parties are in their storytelling strategies . Very like the Cree, the Nez Perce, the Navajo telling the same heroic stories over and over at each gathering. Tonight was no different. Rudy told...
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