Bill Clinton and the Oklahoma City Bombing: In Defense of Rhetoric

American Political Science Association Conference, New Orleans, August 30, 2012

23 Pages Posted: 13 Aug 2012

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Colleen Shogan

Government of the United States of America - Congressional Research Service

Date Written: August 30, 2012

Abstract

This paper examines Bill Clinton's rhetoric surrounding the 1995 terrorist bombing in Oklahoma City. The paper answers criticisms about the political utility of presidential rhetoric included in a recent New Yorker article by Ezra Klein.

Keywords: Bill Clinton, presidential rhetoric, Ezra Klein

Suggested Citation

Shogan, Colleen, Bill Clinton and the Oklahoma City Bombing: In Defense of Rhetoric (August 30, 2012). American Political Science Association Conference, New Orleans, August 30, 2012, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2128254 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2128254

Colleen Shogan (Contact Author)

Government of the United States of America - Congressional Research Service ( email )

Washington, DC 20540
United States

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