Whether you voted for President-elect Barack Obama or not, no one can deny he has a gift for delivering magical speeches. Better than Clinton…maybe. Better than JFK or King Jr…probably not, but Obama has seemed to captivate with his messages of hope and change at a time when our nation needs it most.
This is why it was interesting to learn that the man behind Obama’s speeches is a 27-year old guy from Massachusetts named Jon Favreau (not the actor). Get this, he usually writes his speeches at a local Starbucks and even emails himself notes with his BlackBerry.
After Obama’s inaguration on January 20th, Favreau will join Obama in the White House as the youngest ever selected chief speechwriter.
Favreau’s journey to being Obama’s speechwriter proves yet again that success can come at any age. “Yes, we can.”
Read the entire Washington Post article on Jon Favreau.
View some of Obama’s Speeches after the jump.
Barack Obama Acceptance Speech
Barack Obama Iowa Caucus Victory Speech
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Very interesting. Nice that Starbucks got a lil plug as the location where Jon wrote all those magical speeches.
It also shows that Jon Favreau was probably on a caffeine high while writing all the Obama Speeches too. It explains a lot hahah.