Shamik Patel Professor Valarie Writing Project #3 November 5, 2014 A Successful Obama’s 2nd Inaugural Address On January 21st, 2013, Barack Obama addressed the audience as the re-elected President of America in an inaugural ceremony on the West Front of Capitol. The speech was written by Jonathan Favreau. In an inaugural address, Obama touched upon several important issues; immigration, gender equality, and economic reforms and left behind the message that unity is our nation’s ultimate strength. He was able convinced the audience that they should all work together to overcome all issues and for a better tomorrow for the next generation. Obama successfully persuaded the audience by exemplifying that he was aware of their issues, problems, and future needs. Greek philosopher Aristotle divided the means of persuasion, appeals, intro three categories; ethos (credibility), pathos (emotionally), and logos (logically). Obama persuaded the audience with use of rhetoric and convinced them his arguments were credible, logical, and appealed to them emotionally. In late 1950s, Richard Neustadt wrote Presidential Power and the Modern President, in which he explained that presidential power is the power to persuade. Central motivation of this book was to advice new president with their strategic problem of power and so forth. According to Neustadt, there are three significant areas that a president must be aware of and nurture while in the Whitehouse; power to persuade, president’s
In Barack Obama’s speech, “A More Perfect Union,” Obama made an effort to educate the American people on the history and importance of race in America. He explained how our nations founding fathers developed our Constitution based on the idea that all men are created equal, without actually practicing this idea themselves. He used the words of the Constitution to discuss the current racial issues and to state his concern of our imperfect nation. This was all in response to the very controversial remarks Barack Obama’s pastor, Reverend Jeremiah Wright had previously stated, which created much unease among Americans. Obama felt the need to address our nation about this specific problem, since he identifies as a black man himself, and offer a solution to end this built up anger and discrimination between the American people. In his speech, “A More Perfect Union,” Obama is able to clearly convey the specific racial problem at hand that created the exigency for this speech, as well as effectively share his own personal connection with this issue, in order to help fix our country and work together to find a beneficial solution.
In the most widely quoted and discussed model of presidential power, Richard Neustadt states that the power of the president lies in the power to persuade. According to Neustadt, the key to presidential success and influence is persuasion. Although some may view the president as a powerful authority figure, the checks and balances established by the founders makes the president’s skills of persuasion crucial.
Giving a speech is not just spitting out words to a large group of people. It is an artform. The art of persuasion. The creator of this artform, is none other than the ancient Greek philosopher, Aristotle. Aristotle believes, that there are five canons of rhetoric that must be followed. The five canons are rules for a more intriguing and more effective persuasive speech. The five canons are; Invention, arrangement, style, delivery, and memory. It is fascinating how writers, advertisements, salesmen, and especially politicians, still use Aristotle's methods of persuasion and is very effective. Barack Obama’s speech back in 2004, at the Democratic National Convention, is an impeccable example of a speaker using Aristotle’s five canons of rhetoric. This is the speech that many say, is the reason Barack Obama became president of the United States.
Picture this: a cold January day in Washington D.C, the first African American president is about to be inaugurated with a combined audience of over 38 million looking to be inspired.
In the general purposes of the three inaugural addresses of FDR, JFK and Barack Obama, they were focused on appreciating the constitutional process which involves the inauguration of the U.S president. For example, recently, President Obama stated in his speech that people gathers each year to observe the enduring strength of the U.S and the act of democracy. FDR also appreciated the need for the inauguration in upholding the constitutional values and cultures.
This inaugural speech marked the beginning of the second term of Barack Obama as president of the United States of America. It was delivered at United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. on January 21, 2013. The event followed the presidential election in the United States and it was very important all over the world, about a million of people gathered outside the Capitol to witness the president's words and millions more from around the world watched him on television (Staff). For first time, a president talked about same sex marriage and gay rights, he also talked about divisive issues such as reform of immigration policies, stopping climate change and preserving a social welfare safety net. Obama showed a progressive and liberal agenda, focused on equal rights and possibilities for all the citizens. The theme of the speech was “Faith in America's Future,” (Caldwell) and he successfully used various rhetorical techniques and resources to influence the audience.
Have you ever gone to a presidential inauguration? Barack Obama and George Washington are two presidents of 45 presidents that were inaugurated and made inaugural addresses for the future of the country. Both presidents talked about their own views, with some similar and others different. They were both elected to office in bad times for the country. George Washington was elected when the United States gained independence and Barack Obama was elected when they were at war with Iran and Afghanistan.
Beyond this “blunt instrument” of the executive branch’s formal constitutional powers, the presidency is largely what the president makes of it (Romance, July 27). The president’s real power is one of persuasion, or the ability to convince
As first stated by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle, the art of rhetoric in persuasive speaking is based upon the usage of the three key components, logos, ethos and pathos. Logos representing the usage of logic and reasoning within the speech or text, ethos representing the writer or speaker’s credibility and pathos representing how the speaker or author establishes an emotional connection with the audience. In former president Bill Clinton’s 2012 democratic national convention he relies heavily upon Aristotle’s persuasive speaking techniques to help convince the participants of the convention and those watching at home to reelect the nominee of the Democratic Party, current
Richard Neustadt’s presidential powers presents a very radical and nuanced approach to presidency. Even though his book is also aged, it was not a difficult read. In fact, the explanations made it seem like a well written history book that used facts from different era within its scope to support its arguments. The book tried to define terms clearly before
In the excerpt "Presidential Power," Richard Neustadt argues that ability to persuade, lead, and bargain is the sources of presidential power. He wrote, "His strength or weakness, then, turns on his personal capacity to influence the conduct of men who make up the government. His influence becomes the mark of his leadership…‘Presidential'…means nothing but the president. ‘Power' means his influence. " The president's ability to lead people means that people give him/her power.
I am just a simple man from the south, trying to live an honest life. But it is difficult when the people up North are making everything in favor for them. They think that because they are above us they can control us, when we are under a “Constitution” that is supposed to make everything fair for us all. Let me tell you one thing, we are not the kind of folks to just lay still and let people walk over us because they come up with a piece of paper saying that they voted and decided that they can do this and that. Well we finally wised up and caught up with their acts and antics. We created our own piece of paper that says what we do is okay.
Do you want to know the difference between the first and the latest President of the united states in their inaugural? Both of the presidents have the same point of view. they're both being elected for president of the United States and are doing an Inaugural speech. Both of the presidents have different views, President barack obama speech states that “our country is facing problems of hate and also problems of weak and money.” President obama says “We should stop making fake promises and stop acting childish. We must not look back .Make the dreams come true to happiness.” Obama starts saying that “greatness is never given, but it must be earned. The journey of america has never been one of the short cuts. I was not a path for the timid ones, for those who seek the
The American rhetoric of Presidents like Barack Hussein Obama and John F. Kennedy, who both served the United States of America are found in the corners of history. The inaugural speeches of Barack Obama and John F. Kennedy are given after reciting the oath of office as newly elected leaders of the country in the case of Kennedy and a second inauguration for the current commander-of-chief. The inaugural speeches of John F. Kennedy and Barack Obama are part of world history knowing that the United States of America is still the most powerful and influential nation in the world. Their voices in the inaugural addresses that they both delivered are very influential that even the younger generations could
On July 7, 2016 five police officers lost their lives in Dallas, Texas due to the horrible actions of a sniper shooter. President Obama gave his remarks to the police officers’ families and discussed about the change needed in society against police brutality and social discrimination. The President uses several types of figurative speech in order to fulfill his message to the audience.