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Jan Conley, author of the article School and Dress Codes says that people that are against dress code policies stress the legal and

Manipulating people’s mind to believe your statement or opinion is the best option , it’s deceiving to whom it’s coming from. In animal farm there tend to be two people who are deceiving the rest of the animals. Napoleon who is a fierce looking pig who wants to be powerful and tends to over throw Snowball. During the rebellion with the humans , which is now known as “The Battle of the Cowshed” , Napoleon had deceived them by saying negative things about Snowball and taking advantage of his fellow followers who don't know what’s going on. Changing the commandments and doing things under his power to better himself and his intentions. “We will build another windmill. We will build six windmills if we feel like it. You do not appreciate, comrade, the mighty things that we have done. The enemy was in occupation of this very ground that we stand upon. And now --thanks to the leadership of Comrade Napoleon --we have won every inch of it back again!” (Orwell 110) Overall , convincing them that without him they wouldn't have gone far. Especially with Snowball being a traitor. Making it seem as if he is doing it because he wants to , rather than saying he's only doing things that benefit him.

From the rousing introduction, Christopher Matthews’ Hardball is presented as a godsend to aspiring politicians, businessmen, and frankly, everyone alike. Adopting a pompously self-assured tone, Matthews divulges his reasoning about sharing his wisdom collected from his own experience and other major players of “Hardball.” However after finishing the book, his audacity could be forgiven by the enjoyable nature of his work, the information that it provides, and the uncanny resemblance to Benjamin Franklin’s writing style. In the first section of Matthew’s self-proclaimed “classic” and political manifesto, he presents the world of politics (Hardball) through a series of informative—if not redundant—phrases, historical examples, and his own experience

Bill Moyer's calm yet straightforward tone allows him to analyze Republican Allen West's comments effectively. Republican Allen West claims that "78 to 81 members of the Democrat Party that are members of the Communist Party." Moyer refers to this claim as the "ghost of McCarthyism". Moyer warns that West's comments can lead to an uproar of fear and paranoia in the country, just as Joseph McCarthy's claim did. Both claims failed to withstand, due to the lack of evidence provided. Just as West's claims can lead to an uproar of paranoia, a witch hunt could do the same. One can argue that a witch hunt, a campaigned directed against a person or group holding unpopular views, could happen again in America. Technological advances, such as social

Recently, we brought you part one of our list of 15 interesting facts about Ryan Lewis. Now, we bring you part two, with eight more facts about the producing partner of hip-hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis, who have made a name for themselves in the music industry with catchy beats and socially conscious lyrics.

Mudslinging is described as “the use of correct or incorrect insults or accusations against an opponent aiming to destroy their credibility or reputation.” Today, as seen in the election of 2016, mudslinging has become a huge part in the election process in voting for the President of the United States. Many people such as Donald Trump bashed Hillary Clinton into “the Mother of ISIS or a horrible lying United States Secretary of State,” because of her email and her Clinton Foundation. On the contrary, Hillary breaks down on Donald Trump to being “the lying, racist, businessman he really is,” because of his companies issues of fake bankruptcy and tax evasions. This can also go to show that mudslinging is not always have to be harsh, but it can swade someone’s vote which causes them to look at the other candidate as “bad” because of the reputation that the other candidate has “set up in flames.”

In national elections we rely on national party labels to help us decide on who to vote for and in local and state elections we also rely on party labels. Another quote from the article that directly supports this statement is, “The reason is that even when the election is for local office, we still rely on national party labels.” The only problem with this is we end up still relying on national party labels instead. The last reason that this statement is true is because families might be favoring a certain party just because one candidate was exceptionally better than the other in one election. They might continue voting for the same party just because of that one year without actually listening to what the new presidential candidate has to say. This relates with local and state politics because if the family is already voting for a certain party they could also blindly vote for a local or state candidate without listening to them first, just like how they could’ve with the presidential

In the beginning of the article, it became clear that policy issues on the local level aren’t dealt with because of tensions in the political hierarchy.

“Dirty tricks”- An unfair attack on a political rival meant to make them look bad.

Born on 1971, in Miami, Marco Rubio was one of the four children of his Cuban immigrant parents. Being a son of hardworking parents Rubio got interested in politics in his early life. According to his narrative, his uncle inspired him to get involved in politics. He said, "I gained an interest in politics and history from my uncle, who would read books and newspapers out loud to us." He earned Bachelor’s degree from University of Florida and law degree from University of Miami. He was a top footballer in his early life. Playing football even managed him a scholarship to Tarkio College in Missouri.

In 1987, AIDS awareness activist Larry Kramer in his essay, I Can’t Believe You Want to Die, wrote, “AIDS is our holocaust and Reagan is our Hitler.”(Kramer, 173) Kramer’s metaphorization of the AIDS epidemic to the Holocaust is alluring to draw out parallels of genocide however the analogy stops at the fact that the Holocaust was deliberate human evil disguised as biological research to solve the “Jewish problem”, while HIV/AIDS was an actual disease without a solution that led to genocidal indifference from government and medical institutions. However, some  processes of genocide such as the classification and dehumanization of a group of people are seen at the Holocaust in the earlier twentieth century as well as the HIV/AIDS epidemic in

Most career politicians have mastered the red herring technique, that is to say; they appeal to emotion of a receiver in order to distract from a main issue and in turn manipulate sentiment into order to persuade the outcome of a topic without providing factual evidence.

Until the last day of the simulation when I lost my re-election campaign, I was a City Councilman for the City of Camelot. My role was particularly interesting and enjoyable to play because my character, Steve, was somewhat extreme in his ideology. A very strong (and stubborn) conservative, Steve was outspoken and was not too concerned with hurting peoples’ feelings. My goal was to be successful in passing an agenda that was a little further right than center-right, but until campaign season, taking actions that would be conducive to my re-election had no interest to me. My character was not going to change his mind about any issue, regardless of how strong the argument against him was, or whether or not it would affect his support. This was in part inspired by our class’ observation of the Fort Worth City Council, when they voted against improving public transportation, despite ample evidence in support of it, and many citizens speaking on the issue saying that it would be a good idea. All in all, my character made more enemies than friends, which is why he was not re-elected, though he was successful in passing part of his agenda.

Media is known as the “king maker” for many reasons, such as shaping candidates in audience’s perspective. Television has been a big influence in shaping voters choice and labeling political parties, even though some believe media information can be scant in regards to candidates. Media can be anything from television to social media networks and how many people think that media is a great influence, some also think it can be a problem. “It only takes 140 characters to damage a political campaign” in which Smith is referring to social media as being a problem. (Smith, K. 2011. Pg. 9) At the state and local levels party affiliation remains the most important. “In television age, journalist became the chief influence in the selection of candidates

Just as any other job journalist have different parts to jobs. There are five principal types of journalist in the journalism field. Anderson Cooper is an American journalist, primary anchor of the CNN News show, and major correspondent for ‘60 Minutes’. Throughout his life he has been through a lot, but that has done nothing but inspire him to go further in his life and do more. Anderson was born June 3, 1967 in New York City. In July of 2012 Cooper admitted to being a gay man after giving his reaction to an Entertainment Weekly story of a friend.