stump speech

LIES AND DREAMS – Marilyn Armstrong

By Marilyn Armstrong on 02/29/2020 • ( 8 )

I am now old enough and have been through enough elections with all the speechifying and promises that I know how it works. We finally settle on a candidate and quickly learn the promises made during an election process are… Read More ›

STUMPING THROUGH AMERICA

By Marilyn Armstrong on 09/11/2016 • ( 60 )

A stump speech is a standard campaign speech used by someone running for public office. The term derives from the early American custom in which candidates campaigned from town to town and stood upon a sawed off tree stump to… Read More ›