When describing Trump’s ability to effectively run the country, Blow highlights his “unrelenting assault” on “morality”, “ethics”, “truth”, “norms” and “decorum” in paragraph 11. By accusing Trump of unrelentingly assaulting cornerstones of the nation, Blow further portrays him as an unfit president, whose presence in office degrades the country. Describing the “assault” as “unrelenting”, Blow reasons that as long as Trump is in office, the standards of the nation will continue to be attacked and defiled; in other words, this degradation cannot be stopped by merely reasoning with the president but will dissipate once he is removed from office. By listing specific cornerstones that are affected by Trump’s presidency, Blow further urges readers
In chapter one, Fiorina begins with a powerful quote from Pat Buchanan’s 1992 speech at the Republican National Convention, “There is a religious war…a cultural war as critical to the…nation…as the cold war…for this war is for the soul of America” (Fiorina et al. 1). Using several other quotes, he illustrates the belief that the nation is torn between personal morals and extreme conservative notions. He then states his belief that these sentiments are complete nonsense, and exaggerations. There is no culture war according to Fiorina, no war for the soul of America. Describing the culture war as a myth caused by lack of information, misrepresentation of facts by activists, and selective media coverage. He suggests that Americans are essentially bystanders avoiding the cross fire between the left and right wing activists. Furthermore, he contrasts that it is the American choices that are polarized due to politicians, thus creating the appearance of a politically polarized society. Finally, he concludes the first chapter by outlining his argument in the following chapters. Fiorina does an exceptional job hooking the reader with his first chapter, the quotes and various examples of how America is portrayed as polarized are effective in swaying the audience to agree and then he shocks the reader by debunking all previous statements with his personal beliefs and outline for how he plans to prove his argument.
And to this day, these values hold up and serve as the basis for all aspects of our country, whether it range from politics to social issues. But on September 11, 2001, these fundamental principles that stand for freedom were put into serious jeopardy by maniacal terrorists who refused to accept the progressive role that America played on a global scale. But as America slowly began to recover from this tragedy, the responsibility to lift the American spirit was left to the hands of the politicians who we ironically know to cause so much chaos and bipartisan gridlock. Nonetheless, world leaders such as Rudy Giuliani eased the pain for the American populous in a manner that called for reform in order to prevent an attack like this from ever occurring on American soil. Ultimately, in his address to the United Nations General Assembly following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, Rudy Giuliani makes effective use of tone, rhetorical devices, and logical and emotional appeals to soothe the wounds that the
Mervin argues that Bush practiced a style of presidential leadership known as “Guardianship.” He contends that Bush’s presidency was marked by foreign policy success and domestic failure. Mervin claims that the failure of Bush’s domestic record is demonstrated by his
This discourse analysis attempts to answer several questions regarding Chairman Hyde's speech against the president. Firstly an attempt has been made to uncover some of the more prevalent themes and discourses in the hope that they will give some kind of enlightenment of American society and culture. Secondly, this analysis describes the many ways in which Chairman Hyde attempts to persuade his audience of his cause. The portrayed image of President Clinton is then focused on, and finally there is a discussion relating to the various social codes implied within Hyde's speech. It has been found that many of these areas overlap to a greater or lesser degree. However it is believed that the four questions should be answered separately at the risk of sounding repetitive, as this gives the reader a chance to identify and understand how ideas and themes can serve quite different purposes when expressed in different contexts and discourses, and with particular motivations.
Throughout the column, Pruden uses a harsh diction against Donald Trump’s opponents. He also states ignorant and sarcastic remarks. He includes phrases such as “Hillary’s hell week” and criticizes Bernie by mentioning “If Bernie had listened a little closer and paid only a little attention to the issue, and acted accordingly, he would be the Democratic nominee today.” He refers to Trump as “The Donald” which is evident he supports Trump. Pruden repeats the word “email” throughout the column. He does this to antagonize Clinton supporters. Trump loves to use this against her during the campaign. Pruden includes that Bernie Sanders claims to be “tired of hearing about the damned emails.” Pruden compares both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s labels they received while running for the presidency. Donald is known for his “rough vulgarity and his disrespect of
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“, he uses logos to appeal to his readers. He goes on to say how Americans over confidence in their country caused them to believe that they are superior to the rest of the world and that America established and achieved the notion of freedom, making our lives to be superior and better than everywhere else in the world. Then, he pulls the rug under the readers feet by saying well this is not true. He cites multiple sources that suggest otherwise. For instance, America being placed as sixteenth on the international quality of life ranking, America’s murder ,other violent crime, and incarceration rates greater than most of the cultivated world. While there education and technical literacy is so low it’s humiliating. Some Americans having trouble really critically thinking when it comes to most of the social issues and act irrationally with no justification of their actions. For instance, after justice did not prevail at first during the Freddie Gray case in Baltimore and other following altercations, many young African Americans began to riot, loot, and destroy their own community. Due to the lack of education provided to their community to give them the tools and ability to think rationally, they let their emotions and animalistic nature to
In Anton Ashcroft’s article, he criticizes Donald Trump and ponders over this question: Is Trump a narcissist and psychopath or a representative of the people? Ashcroft uses evidence from Trump’s “colorful display of vitriol, inconsistencies, racism, and grandiose rhetoric”, which has caused the media to seize upon the possibility of a mental disorder in the president. The thought and belief of a person being a psychopath, with the evidence provided in this article, is well enforced. Evidence has been provided of how Trump’s behavior falls into the PCL:SV criteria for being a psychopath and narcissist. He has been irresponsible, refused to own up to mistakes and apologize, needed the people’s approval, and threatened to abuse his power. All
Now a major motion picture, this novel contained the true story of a man named Louie
America's love for a display of might and power, of triumph over the adversary, and of a 'winning strategy', is not only evident in her foreign policy and conduct of war, but also in her presidential campaigns. Here, aggression, while disapproved of by many at one level, is also admired by others, and seems almost to be a necessity of political life - one that applies to political rivals at home as well as to adversaries abroad. Within presidential campaigns and American political life in general, aggression appears to be a not-so-hidden American value, as one seeks to remain 'on-top' by removing someone else to 'the bottom'.
The changes that formed the modern presidency shaped a presidency that uses power aggressively and significantly. The modern presidency
Politics have always been a massive issue in the world, however this past year there has been more problems than before. From the beginning of the year 2017 with the presidential election to the beginning of this year, 2018 with our president, Donald Trump gloating that his button to release nukes is larger than Kim Jong-un’s, the supreme leader of North Korea, button. In articles from the New York Times, Gail Collins provides information on a wide range of situations where politics and laws are the main focus. Collins writes about Donald Trump is many of her articles. When Trump is mentioned, her tone shifts to a more harsh and mocking feel. In “Donald Trump’s Gift to Women” Collins explains that President Trump is behind the sexual harassment claims against many
3- He uses ethos as evidence when he talks about the most influential figures in America (page 124 line
By interpreting this article through Max Weber’s theory of power, domination, legitimation, and authority, the reader is shown the aspects that validate Obama’s authority and legitimacy of the presidential domination over the American people. The United States Presidency shows Weber’s concept of consecutive domination becoming a structured system that is regularly accepted by society. President Obama can be seen as defining Weber’s concept of power, because through his use of the presidential power of executive order he achieved his own will over the resistance of the republican congressional legislators. This patrimonialism type of setup is exemplified by the United States Presidents authority through administration and represents the traditional authority of the Presidents power.
with who he is. One who leads with counterfeit beliefs and unstable values is bound