Emotional Analysis Of Barack Obama's Speech On Jobs

Over the recent years the American people have grown weary of their financial situation as they are hurting, struggling to provide for their families. The most recent recession has diminished the faith of the American people who grow weary of political talk, rather more seek to hear about solutions that will put Americans back to work and bring back competitive earnings to keep their families afloat. President Barack Obama addressed the nation in his speech how he is hoping to bring back stability to the American household and reassure the American dream is not just an estranged fantasy but in fact a possible reality. Used many strategies in his speech about “Jobs”, In this essay I will demonstrate how Barack Obama used these four emotional

The propagandist also speaks confidently. He gives the impression of knowing what he is talking about…” Robert J. Gula, Nonsense (Axios Press, 2007), 23. Obama states that his administration can and will take steps to improve our competitiveness on our own, he is showing that he is very confident that his administration can and will improve the competitiveness. He mentions if we provide the right support “America can be number one again. And that is how America will be number one again.” He is letting his audience know; with his help, he can help America become number one again. One of Obamas strategies to engage his audience is Repetition, as stated in Dr. Bennet’s website “Repeating an argument or a premise over and over again in place of better supporting evidence.” Bo Bennet “Argument by Repetition,” 2016, accessed May 22, 2016, https://www.logicallyfallacious.com. Throughout his speech Barack Obama would constantly say, “Pass this jobs bill” he repeatedly let his audience know, that both parties have approved this. This bill will help the middle class, our veterans, children’s educations, small business homes, teachers, and most importantly the unemployment insurance. He is letting his audience know that this bill needs to be passed. This is a strategic verbiage. Barack Obama states that this bill needs to be approved to help the veterans; he let the viewers know

He is showing that this bill is not an option. He is telling the people what to do, he repeatedly urged Congress to pass it right away; this is also known as the command as stated in Gula’s book “…When the propagandist gives a command he is appealing to this need for authority. Again, it must be emphasized, there is nothing intrinsically wrong with propaganda just as there is nothing intrinsically wrong with emotional appeals. But it is important that we know propaganda for what it is, and not allow ourselves to be manipulated by it” Robert J. Gula, Nonsense (Axios Press, 2007), 30. Barack Obama is letting his audience know that this bill will benefit our nation in the end; it will keep taxes at a fair rate, help create and maintain jobs. In Barack Obama speech he states, “We need a tax code where everyone gets a fair shake” Barack, Obama. “Obamas speech on Jobs” White House, September 8, 2011. By this, he means that everyone will need to pay their fair rate regardless of their finical bracket. In addition, everybody will pay his or her fair share. The audience that he is attracting is the middle class, Democratic Party, Republican Party, and the men and women that fight for our country. Lastly the Inductive argument as stated in the philosophy encyclopedia “In an inductive argument, the premises are