The 2016 presidential election signified only the second election of my short voting career. I understood this unconventional election sparked extreme emotions from major political pop culture figures and required new campaign strategies. As a young adult trying to form my own political opinion, the election atmosphere made it challenging to uncover unbiased information about the candidates. I chose to read Carly Fiorina’s memoir of her leadership journey in order to learn more about a candidate that sparked my interest. I find women politicians fascinating and Fiorina’s background in business proved relevant. I began reading with an open and curious mind. I came to learn that Fiorina’s political views are shaped from her real world experience making her genuine and relatable. Specifically, I believe her experience in the business world has made her a stronger leader and offers her a unique perspective to bring to the Republican Party. I am supportive of Fiorina’s ultimate goal to better America by unlocking the potential of US citizens.
Fiorina’s journey has been an uphill battle and she openly admits she hasn’t always made the best decision when at a crossroad. Fiorina suffered the loss of a child, battled cancer, and continues to balance a successful business and political career. Persevering through adversity has allowed Fiorina to become passionate about issues close to Americans. Fiorina explains her struggle to find help for her daughter and how she experienced
This source is influential for readers because they are able to learn about the struggles of race, gender, and capitalism in the 2008 election as well as economic equivalences. Jean Ait Belkhir is an associate professor of sociology at Southern University at New Orleans and University of New Orleans, and argues that gender and race matters regardless if you are a Democrat or Republican. Belkhir demonstrated that candidates in politics are usually white males, older of age, and upper class men. Throughout Belkhir articles, the reader will notice that the nation mindset is devoted that women do not belong in any authority regarding the government. However, Belkhir mentions two women who have changed the nation’s mindset, Sarah Palin and Hilary
First Lady Michelle Obama has always been one known for her inspiring speeches and her commitment to women’s rights. In Manchester, New Hampshire, she is seen once again standing up for women and for this country by opening the public’s eyes to disrespect Donald Trump has shown for us. Throughout the entire speech the three rhetorical appeals of pathos, ethos, and logos, are all used effectively and powerfully to get her message across. She mainly targets the audience of empowered women but she also addresses the effect that voting for Donald Trump will have for men and women. Through the rhetorical appeals and the tone, she sets for her audience, Michelle Obama campaigns for the presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
The Kelly Ayotte campaign was a well-run organization and played a large role in getting the New Hampshire citizens to the voting booth. I was honored to serve with such great people from who came to New Hampshire from all over the country. These people like myself, wanted to hopefully help Kelly Ayotte get re-elected to the senate. The campaign headquarters was based out of a first floor office, located in the Brady Sullivan Tower in Manchester. I was a man of many tasks, and tried to help where I was needed depending on the day. I volunteered in the office and was out in the field, knocking door to door. My job was incredibly important because going into the start of my service I knew the senate race was going to be extremely close, the closest Senate race in the country for that matter. As we observed, the race was extremely close and unfortunately my candidate lost three weeks ago. Although, it was not the outcome we were looking for, I have a couple of theories of why we may have lost by only eight hundred votes. If more un-educated voters exercised their right to vote, the outcome could have possibly been different. Whether we like it or not, most of the citizens in Manchester New Hampshire are not as well versed on public issues and candidates. However, towns including Bedford and Merrimack were very well versed. Towns including Bedford take election cycles more seriously and in my eyes seemed more educated on the issues. The experience volunteering on the Kelly
In this up and coming election the GOP has offered Americans’ quite a variety of candidates that will flood our social media, news articles, and the streets. One such candidate is Cara Carleton Fiorina, born Cara Carleton Sneed in September 6, 1954 and is from Austin, Texas. (Carly Fiorina Biography ) She went to the University of Los Angeles, but later dropped out of law school to become a businessperson and AT&T’s “first female officer in the Network Systems division”. (Carly Fiorina Biography ) Additionally, she later earned a MS degree from MIT’s Sloan School of Management and MBA degree from University of Maryland. What is more, while working for a world leader in technology she opted to assist Michael Hayden of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) after the 9-11 attack and divert a major shipment to assist the United States in the race against terrorism. Furthermore, at the age of sixty-one, she has declared herself a
Elizabeth Warren achieved many feats in office but also in her life before politics. Her first known recognition was during her high school years. While in high school, Elizabeth Warren was a well-known debater, earning the title “Oklahoma’s top high school debater” (“Elizabeth Warren”). Even during high school, teachers recognized her strengths. To be a debater, a person must have personality traits that are shown with this title. In order for Elizabeth Warren to receive this title, numerous people recognized her strengths not only as a debater, but as a person as well.
Presidential nominee, Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a recent speech at a private fundraising event geared toward LGBT rights supporters, addressed her political opponent, Donald J. Trump and his supporters. The fundraiser was hosted by singer and actress, Barbra Streisand and her wealthy counterparts. The former Secretary of State argued that half of Donald Trump’s supporters can be put into a “basket of deplorable” and alluded that the other half are simply anti-government. Clinton supported her assertion by using logical fallacies by making hasty generalizations, faulty cause and effect, and bandwagon appeals. She also solidified her reasoning by stating, the supporters in the “basket of deplorable” are racists, sexists, xenophobic, and many
To keep the American tradition, President Obama signed an executive order requiring the loser of the Presidential election to leave the country. Obama stated "No Matter who that loser is".
Carly Fiorina is a Republican woman that believes as a citizen nation we should force President Barack Obama to veto abortion. During the Presidential debater she speaks about on a video of Planned Parenthood video that was about abortion, were as a baby has already been aborted and they show you the fetus of the baby were you see the heartbeat still beating, the feet kicking and the arms twitching and as the baby still alive. As the baby is still alive the video shows the doctor and the patient speak on how they want to harvest the brain of the baby. She believes we should stand as on nation and veto this plan, she believes that is the first thing that we should work on to become a better character as a state.
Clinton uses imagery again to help her audience imagine some of the hardships women around the world face. She describes some of the specific problems and difficulties women face when she says "At this very moment, as we sit here, women around the world are giving birth, raising children, cooking meals, washing clothes, cleaning houses, planting crops, working on assembly lines, running companies, and running countries..." Clinton uses this sentence to create an image of the variation of the duties that women perform around the world. Some women are successful enough to be able to run companies and countries, while others are stuck with only being able to perform basic duties, like washing clothes, cooking meals, giving birth, raising children, etc. Next she explains how women don't have equality by explaining some of the rights they are being denied, she states "They are being denied the right to go to school by their own fathers and brothers. They are being forced into prostitution and they are being barred from the bank lending offices and banned from the ballot boxes." She explains in detail some of the difficulties
Born in Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A., she attended Wellesley College, then earning a J.D. (Juris Doctor) from Yale Law School in 1973. This hardworking presidential candidate is a woman who’s been fighting for children and families for over forty years. Someone who has provided her best works in reaching over the limits of a woman and providing millions of children with health care. This person is Hillary Clinton, and these are the only some of the biggest accomplishments she has made during her lifetime, there can and will be more if she gets voted as President of the United States of 2016-2020. She has been through many experiences in government, such as being an American lawyer and politician, U.S.
At twenty-three, Carly Fiorina had dropped out of UCLA Law School with no plans about what she wanted to do with her future. However, almost twenty-two years later, she became president and CEO of Hewlett-Packard Company - the first woman CEO of a Fortune 20 company. She was given a mandate by HP’s board of directors to “shake things up” and was later named the "Most Powerful Woman in Business" by Fortune magazine. Prior to joining HP, Fiorina spent nearly twenty years at AT&T and Lucent Technologies, where she held a number of senior leadership positions (Cara Carleton Fiorina. (2014).
In the TED Talk, “It’s Time For Women To Run For Office,” Halla Tómasdóttir makes an attempt to urge women in the United States to make the decision to run for president. She persuades the audience by telling her story of when she ran for office in Iceland and the many rewards and challenges that went with it. Tómasdóttir uses many statistics and visuals to make her story more influential and valid. She is successful in engaging her audience with the help of humor and a sense of relatability. Though Tómasdóttir’s ethos may be faulty due to her background, she does a well enough job of motivating the audience through pathos and logos to create a speech that is inspirational.
Admittedly, Hilary Clinton has spoken around the world about the challenges that women have faced. However, it is the continued struggle of American women that inspires and fuels her passion and fight for equality in this male-dominated culture. Also, while married to bill Clinton who was actively involved in women’s right, Hilary advocated for a standard of equality that embrace all colors and cultures. . Clinton establishes ethos when she states, “Over the past 25 years, I have worked persistently on issues relating to women, children, and families. Over the past two and a half years, I've had the opportunity to learn
Once named the most powerful women in business, Carly Fiorina is now pushing her boundaries as she decides to join the presidential election of 2016. Carly is sixty-years old and is a southern Christian woman. With jobs at AT&T, Hewlett-Packard, and Lucent, Carly Fiorina has worked as a CEO for some of the most influential companies in the world.
In the midst of the 2016 election, First Lady of the United States, Michelle Obama gave a speech in New Hampshire regarding the candidates. Donald Trump was facing Hillary Clinton; and in support, “Michelle Obama presented a Speech On Donald Trump’s Alleged Treatment Of Women.” As stated in the title, Trump had recently made rude remarks regarding women, and Michelle Obama was using this as a learning lesson for anyone looking to vote for Trump. She made it a point to vote for Hillary by not only stating why not to vote for Trump, but also listing her many accomplishments throughout her lifetime. Michelle Obama was able to create an effective and persuasive speech by strongly stating Trump’s wrongdoings, passionately listing Clinton’s achievements, and frightening us of the possible future for our children.