Mort Zuckerman, Presidential Speechwriter

Casting doubt on Daily News publisher Mort Zuckerman’s claim to have helped write a speech for President Obama: “Mort Zuckerman did not ‘help write; any of Barack Obama’s speeches… There are a lot of reasons why this is the case-for example Mort Zuckerman and Barack Obama do not hold, in particular, many political positions in common-but the chief reason you can tell that Mort Zuckerman has not helped write any of the President’s speeches is that the President’s speeches are really well-written, and Mort Zuckerman is not that smart

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