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Flowersa Posted 14 years ago
Vocabulary
Stump speech
What is the meaning for "stump"?
"What Obama wanted to try out was an honest-togoodness stump speech full of sweeping national themes,
crafted by him"
"What Obama wanted to try out was an honest-togoodness stump speech full of sweeping national themes,
crafted by him"
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org/wiki/Politician running for office. The term derives from the custom in 19th century America for political candidates campaigning from town to town to stand upon a sawed off tree stump to deliver a standard speech.
- org/wiki/Politician running for office.
- The term derives from the custom in 19th century America for political candidates campaigning from town to town to stand upon a sawed off tree stump to deliver a standard speech.
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A political stump speech is a standard speech used by a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Politician running for office. The term derives from the custom in 19th century America for political candidates campaigning from town to town to stand upon a sawed off tree stump to deliver a standard speech.
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Probably it goes back to the time when politicians would stand on a tree stump to be higher than the rest of the crowd.
To go on the stump - means all the speeches a candidate makes before an election. Typically a stump speech is the repletion of his standard set of positions and promises, but given in many locations.
To go on the stump - means all the speeches a candidate makes before an election. Typically a stump speech is the repletion of his standard set of positions and promises, but given in many locations.
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