Obama's speech writer is 26yo.

[Hieronymus]

[tekisui]

1. And?

[Bonobo]

2. So what about the 4,000 dead in Iraq. How many of them are younger?

Do they deserve your derision as well?

[milkyway]

3. So what's Hillary excuse for such a drab speech? If our "kids" are so inexperienced, why do

they keep beating Hillary?

[JI7]

4. delivery counts for a lot and i don't think anyone else giving the same speech

would sound as powerful as when Obama does it.

[DrFunkenstein]

10. That's True - Hillary's Speech Should Have Ended With a Bang

But she delivered it very flatly. I felt very bad for the speechwriter (cough Bill cough).

[Mojambo]

5. Hemingway was 27 when he wrote The Sun Also Rises. n/t

[hisownpetard]

6. Awesome!

[Hieronymus]

7. I agree .. you got it.

[Danger Mouse]

8. Damn talented youth, that!

:hi:

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

9. This must be a lie! I have been told many times that Obama writes all his own speeches.

[EffieBlack]

11. Obama used to write all of his own speeches . . .

He doesn't write them all himself anymore, but he does write or mostly write the major ones - like his primary night speeches. He is very unusual in that regard. Most candidates do not write their own speeches, but Obama is an outstanding writer - probably a better writer than most professionals he could hire to write for him.