In politics, elections are very important. In most cases, political hypocrisy has been used to gain an edge. Many politicians would do whatever possible to outwit their opponents. The Contender is a movie that is directed and wrote on the basis of political hypocrisy. It seems that everything is smooth for The Contender. However, the director Rod Lurie lacks courage relating to his convictions. The conviction of Rod Lurie is of great dismay. He is seen to be using his energy and performance honestly. This is evident in the efforts directed towards securing Oscar ballot box. The most shameful issue about Rod Lurie is his continued weaknesses of backing off on proactive issues. This is quite different from his father who was a political cartoonist. The Contender remains lively and entertaining. However, this turns appalling when he slips into platitudinous piousness and partisan politics.
The term of Jackson Evans as the president of the United States is coming to an end. Jeff Bridges (Jackson Evans) has set the bar. He remained humbled and at ease. Given his position, he has enjoyed the privilege of ordering eccentric repasts from the kitchen of the white house at any time. This shows that he is highly respected, likable and expansive. This shows how the president in the post Clintonian era is very outgoing. Jeff Bridges is renowned for his positive traits including appetite, charm and charisma.
The departing President finds himself in an unfamiliar situation. This followed the death of his vice president. This situation compels Jackson Evans an important agenda. He has to make history by nominating a new vice president. He has opted for Laine Hanson, a female candidate, to fill the vacancy. Senator Laine Hanson who is renowned for...
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...d the kitchen. President Jackson Evans played it as dirty as his foes. The Contender provided an ineffable quality. This was in tandem with the political season. Bridges brings scrappy playfulness in nearly every party. Bridges shares a banquet with Senator Laine. He takes his nominee to a late night stroll after the party. He uses the opportunity to advice Laine to tell the truth about her past life. It is argued that the truth would set an individual free. However, for Laine, she remains a captive of the truth and stands to hurt her.
This movie justifies the behaviors of most president men, advisors and candidates. Politics is normally founded on backroom finagling. Lurie shows that the aim of any politician is to gain heroic actions. He thus reveals the worst issues relating to politics and movies. This is because; politics is full of dram as it happens in movies.
... appropriately gave to the different sections of the book. Matthews does a great job of explaining the game of politics to even I, who doesn't know much about the game, or even care much for the game. Through the use of understandable examples that have occurred throughout this century, Matthews enables anyone to see the tactics that politicians use in getting ahead in Washington. The language that Matthews uses sometimes is not understandable, but this is only to those like myself who aren't too familiar with political vocabulary. Although the title threw me off a little in the beginning, I was able to get the full sense of what Matthews was talking about. I will no longer look at Washington as a place full of dull, boring old men. Washington is all politics and only those who can play hardball will survive.
Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut: A Diary from Dixie, by Mary Boykin Chesnut, Wife of James Chesnut, Jr., United States Senator from South Carolina, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1905. I to 352 pp. Reviewed by Mayra Catalan 02/27/2016
leading up to and surrounding President Abraham Lincoln’s death. The purpose of this book is to
In “The Presidency of Abraham Lincoln,” Phillip Shaw Paludan argues that even though Abraham Lincoln faced unparalleled challenges, Lincoln was America’s greatest president as he preserved the Union and freed the slaves. According to Paludan, Lincoln’s greatness exceeds that of all other American presidents as Lincoln’s presidential service was remarkable in both the obstacles he faced as well as the ways in which he overcame them. Before accepting the distinguished chair in Lincoln studies at the University of Illinois, Springfield, Paludan was a professor of history at the University of Kansas for over 30 years. Paludan has authored several books including Victims: A True Story of the Civil War and A People’s Contest: The Union and Civil
A president has to have character, right? I mean, if the leader of the free world has no substance, nothing special about him, then how do we as citizens know that he is capable as far as foreign policies go. How do we know that we can trust him to make wise decisions? How do we know that he will tell us the truth? This concept is exactly what fictional president Andrew Shepherd successfully conveys in his “Address to the Press on Bob Rumson and the Crime Bill.” In the movie, The American President, Andrew Shepherd becomes romantically involved with crime bill lobbyist Sydney Ellen Wade. Many characters, including Bob Rumson, believe that the relationship between Shepherd and Wade is hindering the advancement of the country. They believe that this relationship shows lack of character, and it is made apparent to Shepherd through the side comments and actions of those opposing him. In the closing scenes of the movie, Shepherd is found defending himself and his character through the form of a rhetorical speech. He convincingly uses pathos to appeal to his audience’s sense of nationality and pride.
As soon as Andrew Jackson came into office, he fired 10% of the government’s employees, mainly from the post office, and placed his own supporters into the vacated posts. This may not have been a problem if he replaced these workers with people who were qualified, but the vast majority of Andrew Jackson’s appointments were incompetent. Thus, the government became bloated and less efficient. Andrew Jackson development of a special system to reward his cronies with government jobs without formal training, demonstrates that Andrew Jackson should be remembered as
One of the ways Andrew Jackson was different than the previous presidents was he connected with the common people. During his second election Jackson won by speaking to the middle- class. Although he was a wealthy plantation owner himself he dressed in casual clothing and did not show off his riches. Unlike his opponent, John Quincy Adams, Jackson spoke to the concerns of ordinary people. The Jackson campaign was the first to appeal to common people. Because of his new style of campaigning he became very popular and won the el...
As a freshman Congressman, and Speaker of the House, Henry Clay pushed the limits and increased the power of the position, making it the second only to the president. Henry Clay’s initial acts as speaker were a premonition of his politica...
Just as with “All The President’s Men”, one can investigate the ethical issues in accordance to the SPJ Code of Ethics. Set in 1992, during the besiegement of the capital of Bosnia, Sarajevo, American and European journalists risked their own lives to report on the tragic and horrific incidents that took place. Flynn, an American journalist, and Henderson an English journalist, are the two main journalists who are featured in the film. Since the journalists are in the middle of a war scene, their lives were inherently in constant jeopardy. In order to report on the incidents that are occurring, they often found themselves in the middle of a shooting or in the aftermath of dead bodies lining the streets. Flynn and Henderson are both passionate about their work; Flynn especially is determined to catch the best story at all costs. Whereas, Henderson begins to find himself emotionally attached to one of the victims in Sarajevo. In the midst of life threatening chaos and terror, both Flynn and Henderson sought the truth and reported it. They were both courageous and respected the lives of whom they were
The political career of John Caldwell Calhoun spanned over forty years. By the time of his death and despite never achieving his greatest ambition of holding the nation’s highest office, his achievements in the lesser offices he held throughout his life allowed Calhoun to become one of the most distinguished, respected, and admired statesmen in the history of the United States. Serving in both the House and the Senate of Congress, serving as Secretary of War and Secretary of State, serving in the South Carolina House of Representatives, serving as Vice President on two separate occasions and under two different administrations, it is clear that for John C. Calhoun, politics was the essence of his life’s work.
The film takes the audience through the entire thirteen days of the crisis, moving in and out of different meetings and conferences. The plot is very true to reality as so are many of the character. Both Greenwood and Stephen Culp, the actor who played Robert Kennedy, studied their characters’ voices and defining characteristics ve...
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Arthur Miller’s 1953 play The Crucible and Alfonso Cuarón’s 2006 dystopian science-fiction film Children of Men both represent people and politics through an exploration of the concept of justice and conformity and non-conformity. Both texts represent people and politics in a unique and evocative way through their differing textual forms, contexts and techniques.
To state the key arguments in narrow time frames is huge pressure. However, in the film, the characters easily operate with the quotes meanwhile an ordinary student is often focused on the problem under time pressure. Particularly, the team's performance causes restrained emotions because a spectator reacts to the environment and social background to a greater extent. This point can be marked as a disadvantage since due to the title and annotation one expects intriguing verbal battles and intellectual challenge on social issues. The film by Washington can be noted for a great style. Thanks to scenery, costumes and details it was able to convey an authentical atmosphere of the United States of the 1930s.
In this play there is a lot of ideas of manipulation, blackmail, and the pressure of being president. In the play, we typically see LBJ doing most of the manipulating, but I find that ironic because he seems to see himself as a victim. The politicians presented in this play are uncensored, raw, and real. We can tell by their vernacular because if the press caught wind of what these politicians said they would have a field day, and I admire that decision. All the Way, shows that they are real people, with self-serving tendencies and manipulative ways. This in a way, also maintain the element of realism in this play. The way the lines are written it wasn’t even like I was reading a play but it was like I was reading a transcript of real