Lincoln and Churchill wrote their own speeches, Hitler made his up as he roared along; but Reagan’s and Bush’s speeches were written by Peggy Noonan. In this program she defines and describes what she thinks a political speech should be. Defining her own political views, she draws sympathetic portraits of the presidents into whose mouths she put the words they could not find themselves, and lets the presidents (or the voters) worry about what her often memorable phrases promise. Often the only woman in the councils of state she attended, she also provides sardonic insights into what male media gurus think is appropriate for the majority of Americans. (24 minutes)