When I say I'll learn 'Teach' is not in the river vocabulary] a man the river, I mean it. And you can depend on it, I'll learn him or kill him. Life on the Mississippi Mark Twain Utilizing a unique and memorable MARK TWAIN acronym, author Conor Cunneen demonstrates what the Dean of American Humorists learned him bout public speakin Message preparation Audience research and knowledge Relate to audience Know your objective Titter and humor wins the audience Wait the power of the Pause Anecdotes connect Involve, Inform, Inspire your audience Narration and stagecraft. Did you know that Mark...

Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) was a funny man. He was also a thoughtful man and very often a frustrated one, especially as he aged. Twain's humor, insight and frustration found regular expression in politics and its players. It would not be an exaggeration to suggest America's finest humorist despised the Machiavellian tendencies and lack of integrity which politicians of all parties displayed.
He despairingly wrote:
"Suppose you were an idiot.
And suppose you were a Congressman.
But I'm repeating myself"
and suggested the only native American criminal class was Congress...