How many presidents can say they have had an affair in the Oval Office with their secretary? Although the number is uncertain, one is enough to confirm it has happened. In 1998, while Bill Clinton was in office, it was revealed the president was having an affair with his secretary Monica Lewinsky. When Monica Lewinsky turns in the blue dress as evidence of the relationship, covered in semen belonging to the nation’s most influential individual at the time, Mr.Bill Clinton, the media went nuts.The news was all over the story, making headlines and plastered on every magazine imaginable. There was no escaping the truth. The nation’s fascination with the scandal wrecks havoc in President Clinton’s personal life, leading him to address the situation. …show more content…
When someone is to watch the video, you would think that the tone and use of emotional language is enough to capture the hearts of the public watching. After analyzing the undertones of his words, President Clinton tricks the listeners into believing he is actually feeling during the situation. When reading through, there is a sentence that stays in my head for the rest of the speech. The president’s first introduction to Monica Lewinsky sticks to the reader with his words of choice, beginning his sentence with “I did have a relationship with Ms.Lewinsky that was not appropriate” (9). The president’s word tactics creates an effect on the listener, making it seems almost as if it’s okay to have said relationship with someone younger. Saying the words “not appropriate” make you feel different than the use of the word inappropriate. The word inappropriate has a negative connotation, difficult for most readers to read along. The president’s use of the word relationship over affair also paints another picture. Relationship has a sweet sound, like there was emotions and passion in the relation between President Clinton and Monica Lewinsky. However, that is not the case. They used each other for sex, leaving behind all emotions at the door. Going down further into the speech, there is another line in which the use of emotion is used in order to manipulate the reader into sympathizing with President Clinton. In a line it is …show more content…
If one were to just read the speech once over, there would not be much thought into what the president is saying. But after careful analysis, it can be determined that his worlds are just a drag. There isn’t much apology after all. Just a wordy and confusing narration of manipulation that come together to say “get out of my business” The president does not sound sincere and is just trying to cover his trail of lies. Although Clinton tries to play with the emotion aspects of the readers and even tries to bring himself to the level of equilibrium with the citizens of the nation, the fact that the president would do something so outrageous is difficult to forgive. It does not matter so much about his infidelity, but the fact of the matter that he wants to make it seem as if he is a good guy. It is possible that President Clinton is being sincere with the audience and is actually really hurt with what he did to his loved ones, but sounds more rehearsed. With the president's use of pathos, the reader feels cheated as well as Hilary did. There is undertones of sly language,confusing the reader of his true motives. Does Clinton take full responsibility for the affair or was he only taking responsibility for getting caught? With the subliminal use
After the Watergate Scandal in 1972, the House Judiciary Committee needed to decide whether or not to start the process of impeaching President Nixon. As a new member of the committee, it was Barbara Jordan’s job to convince everyone else to vote for the impeachment of Nixon. In Jordan’s speech, pathos is effectively used to persuade the House Judiciary Committee to impeach President Nixon. Through the use of rhetorical questions, repetition, first person pronouns, and dramatic imagery Jordan impacts her audience’s opinion on the impeachment of Nixon.
The opening of Clintons speech effectively captures the audience’s attention; Clinton begins her speech with;
Ann Richards’s keynote speech at the Democratic National Convention in 1988 was extremely interesting to watch. I believe her speech was intended to be focused on the American family and also the American farmers. These two areas seemed to be very important to Mrs. Richards and she made a point to discuss both.
Ronald Reagan was one of the most liked Presidents. When being elected for his second term, he won by a landslide—winning all the states minus Minnesota and Washington D.C. Reagan addresses the people of the United States of America. He wants the American people to reflect on his presidency, and as all presidents do in their farewell addresses, he wants to say goodbye to the nation that he's led for the past eight years. Ronald Reagan uses repetition, parallel structure, and allusion to reflect on his presidency and to say farewell to the American people.
In response to his alleged affair with Ms. Monica Lewinsky, who at the time was an intern at the White House, President Clinton took to a national broadcast to clear his name. In his testimony, Clinton begins with a formal and slightly apologetic tone, and then subtly shifts the blame from his actions to the nosiness of the American public, victimizing himself. There were four different tone shifts in this particular speech, and he uses this to his advantage in turning the spotlight away from his private life, and to national issues. In his address, President Clinton uses a wide variety of rhetorical devices to convince his audience, the American people, that his stance on the matter is the most valid, and to reestablish his credibility,
“Yesterday December 7th, 1941 – a date which will live in infamy” (Roosevelt). The attack on Pearl Harbor was an event that many Americans will never forget. The day after the attack, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gave a speech to address the public and Congress. His speech started by discussing how Japan had deceived America into thinking that they could create peace between the nations. He spent three paragraphs on how the attack was planned and deliberate and how America was completely unaware of Japan’s intentions. Roosevelt spent only a little time on paying respects to the lost lives of the soldiers. After that, Roosevelt talked about how many other nations Japan has attacked. Then Roosevelt started the “pep talk” portion of his speech. He talked about the strength of the nation and how America will defend themselves against evil forces. He ends his speech with a call for war and asked Congress to declare war against Japan. The goal of his speech was to persuade Congress to declare war on Japan, as well as to get the American people to support him in his endeavors. Roosevelt gave his speech in front of Congress, but the American people all over the nation tuned into the radio to hear his speech. Roosevelt uses many rhetorical devices to get American to unite against Japan. His speech uses the rhetorical devices logos, ethos, and pathos to argue his side. He uses
With this movie being based on the nonfiction book titled All the President’s Men, the governmental aspects of the film were very true. The corruptness of this extensive story makes it seem almost as though it is fiction and unable to happen, but this was an important piece of history and it very much did so occur. There are several aspects from this film that directly relate with things we have learned in class, including the characteristics of governmental officials in Washington D.C., the process of being elected president of the United States, the supreme court, and the process for impeachment of a
On August 17, 1998, exactly one year after making the statement above, President Bill Clinton prepared to deliver a speech concerning a scandal that had gripped the nation for months. It is needless to say that this was an important moment during the Clinton administration. After accusations of sexual harassment, Clinton addressed the nation and admitted to having a relationship with Monica Lewinsky. In this critical speech Clinton set out to admit to wrong-doings, provide a few reasons for his action, and ultimately persuade the audience into moving on and forgetting the scandal. This essay will break down his speech into sections and examine the most and least effective strategies that Clinton employed and how well he executed those strategies. This is an interesting speech given under rare circumstances. Not since Watergate had an American president been under such harsh moral criticism from the public. By looking critically at this speech we are able to gain valuable insight into Clinton's motives.
President Obama’s Address to the nation was presented on January 5, 2016. His speech was shown on all of the major network stations. The main goal of his speech was to get the point across to the nation about the increasing problem of gun use. His speech really focused on the issue of gun control and if it would benefit the country. Overall, the biggest idea of his Address was that gun control is a large issue in the United States. The way to prevent deaths caused by firearms can be prevented in other ways than taking peoples guns away. The examples brought up in this Address really stood out to me. The use of personal, national, and global examples really made his speech stronger on the topic of effectiveness.
Before stepping into the critical analysis of the speech, it is important to understand the historical setting from which the speech arose. The context can be briefly summarized as the following. In 1995 Clinton had a sexual relationship with one of his White House interns by the name of Monica Lewinsky. On January 17, 1998, a sexual misconduct lawsuit against him was filed. Clinton then quickly delivered a forceful public statement that he did not have a sexual relationship with the woman. However, unknown to President Clinton, Linda Tripp, one of Lewinsky’s associates, had recorded several conversations of Lewinsky describing her affair with the President. In the seven months afterwards, Kenneth W. Starr, the StarWhitewater independent counsel, had began collecting evidence of the affair and carrying out investigation about Clinton’s obstruction of justice. Evidence of Clinton lying under oath would be grounds for impeachment. On August 17, 1998, Clinton decided to a...
Clinton uses pathos the moment she starts giving the speech because as a woman she can relate to every
Many would argue that President Obama is one of the most effective speakers in the decade. With his amazing speeches, he captivates his audience with his emotion and official tone.
On Jan. 26, 1998, President William J. Clinton famously told the nation, "I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky.” (William J. Clinton). It was the lie that started the impeachment process of the 42nd President of the United States of America. America loves the fairytale love stories but this story is the exact opposite. Monica Lewinsky is the person that everyone knows as the mistress of President Clinton. Although Monica Lewinsky is usually the name you hear when speaking of Bill Clinton’s affair, she wasn’t the only one. Before he became president he had many affairs. In the 1970s before Clinton took office he had a twelve year affair with a model and actress, Gennifer Flowers. Not only did he have an affair with
Lately, the top story in the news day after day, months after months have been about William Jefferson Clinton, also known as Bill. Who could blame them, there is nothing better than a story out of the ordinary, especially one with presidential status. For the past months he has been the most talked about figure, being the essential topic for news, talk shows, late night comedy and even going as far as the big screen. Talk about 'Primary Colors' and 'Wag the Dog.' What has gotten to me the most however, were the constant flow of Republicans, along with a few Democrats, who just want to say how shocked and embarrassed they are along with the people of the United States.The president had not just become the most talked about figure, but also one history had ever seen, so far that is, breaking the record and becoming a topic of conversation and debate 'twenty-four seven.' The people, who I think were most affected by this crisis and feel very sad for, are the Republicans, since they had lost severe amount of sleep over the president's bedroom crisis. They had to perform their republican duties by shocking our brains with the president's affair with Monica Lewinsky. We had to ignore the rest of the world news and its issues while they plough through the valley of lies, abuse of power and something they called high crimes and misdemeanors.
After the news broke of Clinton’s extramarital affair with Monica Lewinsky, Clinton was asked to testify about the case. Clinton lied about his affair under oath, and he ultimately paid the consequences. He was impeached on counts of “perjury, obstruction of justice, witness-tampering, and abuse of power”, but he was never removed from office (“President Clinton Impeached”). Clinton was the first president to face impeachment since Andrew Johnson in 1868 and he was the second president ever to face impeachment, so the issue was not taken lightly. The president was ultimately acquitted of his charges, but the Senate’s votes were split on the charge of obstruction of justice. By impeaching the president for obstructing justice, Congress demonstrated that nobody, including the President of the United States, is above the