Barack Obama: A Campaign Filled with Good Oral Intercourse

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Obama utilizes the power of persuasion through his political speeches; his discourse is made to be easily understood and have a clear meaning for his audience. Using body language, rhetorical practice and tricolon devices, Obama has inspired his audience through emotions and desires for new politics.

Other running candidates, such as John McCain and Hillary Clinton, attempted to express the public's disgust with conventional politicians while being seen as conventional politicians, but Barack Obama took on a new approach. Promising to create affordable health care and education for all, and to remove the soldiers from Iraq; Obama offered his listeners something other candidates did not: hope. Obama is perceived as understanding the people and their emotions and he uses this to convey his message. Using the idea of the American tradition and the appearance of the old-fashioned family man, Obama creates an image that all voters can relate to. Speaking slowly, clearly and pausing for effect, Obama allows his audience to think about what he is stating as he delivers it; however, he is careful not to make his rhetoric too complicated so that laymen comprehend it quickly. In his speeches, he does three main things that convey his messages in meaningful manners: he identifies the situation: Obama appears concerned over the inactions of the government and therefore seems to care greatly about the American people and their needs. By sympathizing with the people and portraying himself as a common man with only their interests at heart, he is able to garner more followers to elect him. He identifies the problem: Obama identified imperfections in the government and their inability to govern properly as the primary necessity of his campaign;...

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