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This 14 page report discusses Michael Gerson, President George W. Bush’s chief speehwriter. Bush himself chose Gerson as his writer despite the fact that most presidents usually leave that up to senior staff members. As a result, Gerson has a remarkable degree of access to the president that apparently the past several administrations’ writers have not enjoyed. As a result, he is an interesting and extremely articulate person in his own right, despite the fact that fellow staffers refer to him as truly humble and President Bush calls him “The Scribe.”
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is inarguably a member of the political elite. Any president depends upon his speechwriter(s). Even if the president himself is a powerful orator such as Kennedy, Reagan, or Clinton (in
relatively recent history), they still require a "wordsmith" who can pull the presidents and his advisors ideas together into a well-crafted work that allows the speaker to tell a story
that is convincing, inspiring, or a call to action . . . whichever is needed. Speechwriting is a subtle and generally difficult talent. It requires the facility to communicate and
convince, as well as the creative capability to make the audience hang on the speakers every word. Clearly, Michael Gerson has a good measure of each of those talents.
As President George W. Bushs primary speechwriter, he has, according to Lizza (2001) has been able to position President Bush as the "compassionate conservative" during the election campaign, but "...
has always seemed a bit out of place in the Bush teams sports-loving, nerd-hating milieu. But hes solved that problem by turning the speechwriting shop into an island of intellectualism,
a kind of miniature think tank stocked with quirky conservatives who shape the White Houses ideology as well as its rhetoric. And in doing so, hes making himself the most
influential speechwriter in more than a generation" (pp. 14). Gersons Background and Experience It should be noted that President Bush himself chose Gerson as his writer despite the
fact that most presidents usually leave that up to senior staff members. As a result, Gerson has a remarkable degree of access to the president that apparently the past several
administrations writers have not enjoyed. It almost appears that the relationship between President Bush and Michael Gerson is similar to those that exist between Martin Sheen and "his" staff on
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