Group I #1:
I believe that the argument that the presidency is an impossible goal is true. The president of the United States represents the countries population of over three hundred million people and is a global leader. Every decision that the president makes has people in favor of or against. Different people will evaluate the success or failure of each president differently: some people focus more emphasis on how the economy behaves during the president’s time in office, some put more emphasis on how domestic issues are being handled, others on how the United States is handling our foreign affairs, among countless other issues. The president will make someone upset with each decision. Democrats will generally be more upset when presidents
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Historically, whenever there is an economic depression or recession, it is named after the president whose term it occurred under (except for the recession that occurred during the Obama administration which he successfully blamed George W. Bush). History also remembers presidents who helped the economy thrive, FDR with the new deal techniques to get the United States out of debt during the great depression. This gives FDR a spot in history as a great president who helped triumph and lead the country during difficult times. George W. Bush is another example of a president who was held in high esteem based on his actions. George W. Bush was the president during the terrorist attack on the twin towers on September 11, 2001. This event had the entire nation looking to him for guidance. During this time, President Bush achieved an approval rating of over 90% as he served as the face of the country during the trying times and people held his decisions in high esteem. It is also interesting to note that he is the best president to follow as far as political ratings in the modern presidency. Not only did President Bush achieve the record for highest presidential approval rating during his term, at the end he finished with the record for the lowest approval rating as the public felt that he did not do what they expected of him. This exemplifies how difficult it is to be the president in the modern era as opinions can swing drastically from the public based on every decision a president makes during their
This speech had a very serious tone, and was as emotional as it was logical. In the emotional aspect, he alluded to several different situations that made the People think, as the end goal of this speech was to get the People to vote for him in the election, and so the allusions he made causes People to see him in a much more different light, a serious light rather than the more humorous one he had as an actor. In a logical sense, he gave many statistics and how he can change things from one to another, and through his use of emotion and logic, his speech ended up being structured in a phenomenal way and the influence he had with this speech extended to every corner of America. Every American hearing the words he used was affected to a huge extent that it wasn't even funny. He showed respect for the old ways, for how things used to be taken care of, but he explained to the People that those ways simply won't work anymore, and new ways needed to be used, and that he is that new way,
Bush began to change the United States. Three days after these attacks George W. Bush stood at Ground Zero where the twin towers were still smoking and spoke to our country with peace. He spoke to first responders and firefighters that they were all in the country's prayers. Bush spoke from the heart on that day with a combination of gratitude towards the rescue workers, defiance toward the terrorists and with pride that they would bring justice to the evil doers. He started what began to be called the Global War on Terrorism.
Ronald Reagan was an influential and innovative American President who was often called the “Great Communicator” because of his inspirational speeches. From 1982 to 1984, Reagan gave three official State of the Union addresses. Reagan’s State of the Union addresses from his first term in office conformed to the conventions of modern State of the Union addresses and will be proved by the following points: • The speeches follow a structured formatting of showing concern, targeting specific issues, and offering policy recommendations. • Reagan’s addresses were given orally and followed typical word count. • The tone was optimistic and patriotic and used unifying diction.
9/11 on the other hand was a terrorist attack towards our country. President Roosevelt gave a speech from the attack of Pearl Harbor. The speech was “Day of Infamy speech”. President Bush also presented the nation a speech after 9/11. The speech was known as “Address to the nation on September 11 attacks the oval office”.
Given that he spoke for the American people, he implies that as a nation, we have had to make some difficult choices, but, yet we make those decisions with courage and determination that keeps us united. This is one of the many points that highlights his speech. Giving positive and strong statements adds strength to his speech which keeps his audience occupied with his words. Hence, it is very important that audience is listening and comprehending what is being
Bush expounds with the character by caring and compassionate. He demonstrates that as being president that he had the willing to come out and face the tragedy after the occasion occurred He extends his credibility after speaking up for the people and telling terrorist they were not going to overcome us as the quote says, “But they have failed. Our country is strong.” I implemented our government’s emergency response plans...and to take every precaution to protect our citizens at home and around the world for further attacks.” Bush optimized the character credibility working with everyone and to let them know who he really was.
Bush made his speech on September 11, 2001 he spoke outright to America. He spoke to citizens, victims, families that have lost their loved ones and military families that have their life on the line. Bush gave his country strength when there was a dire need for it. His speech was filled with rhetorical devices that brought peace to the chaos that riddled the country. Bush’s use of anaphora, homily and antithesis gave faith, wisdom and harmony to the country.
He will forever be recognized by many as one of the worst, if not the worst, presidents ever to serve this country. The second worst president was Jimmy Carter. Jimmy Carter did not show leadership and control when he needed it most. With hostage crisis in his presence, he attempted to negoti-ate with terrorists rather than showing force (as Reagan did with much success).
As expected, the decisions were greatly supported by U.S citizens due to mourning over the loss of first responders and loved ones from such a tragic event. The U.S citizens were so quick to support the decisions of the president because they were following one another reactions. Often when a group, in this case the group would be our nation, are faced with something tragic, they all react in the same way. People were very angry and very fearful, and
President, George W. Bush, in his “ Address to the Nation on 9/11” speaks to the American people to address what has happened and what the plan is to fix the disaster. George W. Bush’s purpose is to give a sense of hope, security, and relief in a scary and grief filled time. He adapts to a feeling of unity that calls all Americans to come together in this crisis. In his speech, George W. Bush first talks about how even though America was hurt by these attacks we were not broken. He goes on to talk some about how amazing the American people’s response to the situation was and how people came together in the hard time.
A speech like this with many different depths brought many people to emotions that were indescribable. Bush’s leadership shown through his words was a powerful experience. The amount of pathos, ethos, and logos had every American on the same page. This atrocious day is always remembered for the lives lost and the grief our nation experienced, just as Bush’s speech is always remembered for his guidance and leadership shown through his moving
On September 11th, 2001 the Twin Towers in New York City fell victim to a terrorist attack that left thousands dead, thousands more injured and millions in fear. Later that day George W. Bush, the President of the United States of America, created a speech to help calm the public about the events that occurred earlier that day. The speech was shown on national television the United States from the White House. The speech was effective because President Bush did help calm down the public with his speech. In President Bush’s speech to the public on the night of September eleventh 2001 he showed that his point of view was from the perspective that he was trying the comfort the American public.
He was faced with the difficult task that evenings of letting the world know what took place that day, and help the American people through a day of shock and disbelief. In a time of unspeakable evil, George W bush addresses that nation using rhetorical appeals; together with the history of American ideas to reassure and untie not only Americans, but the world to stand together and fight back on the war of terrorism.
Rhetorical Analysis Former Illinois State Senator and soon to be Forty-fourth president of the United States, Barack Hussein Obama, recounts what happened in the past to make America what is today and how he intends to maintain the ideas of America’s founding fathers throughout his term of presidency. His intended audience of the first inaugural address is the citizens of America and his purpose was to comfort them about the past and encourage the future of America. He creates a patriotic and empowering tone in order to appeal to pathos. His diction throughout the speech illustrates patriotism, allusions, and anaphoras. Obama opens his speech by discussing the views of our forebears and documents and how we have followed through with those views.
Barack Obama’s win for President in 2009 was a historical moment for the United States. His inaugural speech was much anticipated, because this was going to set the tone for his presidency. His speech told the American people that improving the economy is one of his priorities, but there were also other areas he would like to improve like healthcare and the education system. This was a speech that was meant to persuade the American public to take action for them to rise as a nation again, and for them to put their trust into him. His message addressed a couple of specific points like his gratefulness to the American people, the different crises America is facing, how America will overcome these crises, replying to his cynics, addressing the world, and then he reminded America again to be brave like they’ve always been to overcome the hard times (5 Speechwriting Lessons from Obama's Inaugural Speech, (n.d.).