Meyerson Vs Meyerson

The 1964 American election between Lyndon B. Johnson and Barry Goldwater has strong similarities with the 2016 election between Hillary Clinton and Donald J. Trump. In both cases, the democrat candidates focused more on their counterpart’s rhetoric rather than uphold their own ideas in an attempt to persuade voters to support them. This essay will argue that the Democrat candidates of the 1964 and 2016 elections, in many instances, instead of focusing on their political proposals, focused on anti-intellectualism by emphasizing their opponent’s extremist right-winger rhetoric. This comparison shows the enduring trends of right-wing extremism, racial conflicts, and republican divisiveness. To prove this argument, this text will analyze Democrat campaign advertisements in both campaigns, Nelson A Rockefeller speech at the 1964 National Republican convention and Jeb Bush interview to NBC.

Barbara Jordan was a keynote speaker for the Democratic National Convention in 1976. She mentioned that about 144 years ago that the members of the Democratic Party first met in convention to select a presidential candidate; since then, the democrats have continued to meet once every four years and nominate a presidential candidate. The convention is a continuation of that tradition; but, there is one thing that is something different that night – Barbara Jordan was the keynote speaker. In 1832, no one would have asked Barbara Jordan to deliver the speech, especially if it was a woman. She didn’t want to spend during her speech – having the time to praise the accomplishments of the Democratic and attacking the Republicans – and she didn’t

John Nicholas interviewed Bernie Sanders for the Nation, a journal on politics, about his views on a few issues being addressed by the candidates (12-6). During the civil-rights movement, Sanders was a supporter of Martin Luther King Jr’s vision. A non-white person has the right to freedom, like any other person. To this present day, inequality and discrimination are a real issue. Police brutality against African-Americans is not new in this country. However, his main concern is that people know about inequality toward blacks, but does not know that the unemployment rate for the African-American youth is at fifty percent. (Nicholas 14) A percentage that high on unemployment rate is an economic problem for the country. Racism continues to exist in America. Racial equality is a vital issue to

In this address Clinton uses a combination of all three to try to convince people of her being the right candidate for the job. Clinton’s rhetoric depends largely on the fact of her being relatable in comparison to the millionaire Trump who makes up the much envied American and criticized elite.

Dowd is not a fan of the Democrats and expresses his opinions by belittling the Democratic candidates of the 2016 presidential election. Dowd wrote the article to inform his adult readers about the candidates for the election. Dowd uses the rhetorical question, “Does anyone know his reason for running?” in order for the readers to actually think about why the candidate is running for president and if the reason is valid.

Tim Dickinson published an intriguing article in the Rolling Stone, “How the GOP Became the Party of the Rich”, which scrutinizes the complicated history of the American government. Dickinson’s objective is to persuade the audience that the Republican party is giving leniency towards the upper class through the reduction of taxes, which results in the upper class becoming even more wealthy and the middle and lower classes struggling to make ends meet. He not only utilizes credible sources in order to convey the unreasonable actions of the Republican party, but also uses a multitude of historical facts pertaining to the central concept of his argument to strengthen his statement.

In an article by Richard Eskow, “Sanders vs. Clinton: Who Has the Best Plan for America’s College students?” for the most part is committed to compare the variations of the two plans. Eskow starts off by mentioning some facts about society. He then goes into the general purposes of both plans for college finances. Eskow discusses Clinton’s plan and also mentions the ideas of what other Republican candidates plans to do. Lastly, he explains Sanders’ plan and also reflects on the nation. Eskow is comparing the two different plans to explain and show us the differences these two candidates are from one another. In doing so, Eskow has successfully applied all three types of rhetorical appeals, logos, pathos, and ethos, to effectively urge eligible

As the 2016 US Presidential Election rapidly approaches, Americans continue to stand divided by party lines, with the moderates being tugged on both sides, with hopes that swaying them will put a candidate in office. However, in this critical moment that recurs every 4 years in the nation’s history, the dichotomy is drawn even deeper between the Republican and Democratic parties, with candidates on either side suggesting radically different solutions to the nation’s problems. Paul Krugman, a famous American economist, would support Hillary Clinton for the 2016 National Democratic Primary and the 2016 Presidential Election due to the unrealistic growth expectations Republicans are promising, the healthy economic policy liberals support, and

11). He further states that those of the republican party during this era “had little reluctance to negotiate over issues of taxing and spending” and would “declare the resulting compromise a victory, and move on” (Lofgren, 2012, p. 11), there was still the possibilities of bipartisan coalition. Now however, we see stark differences. Although Republicans have been traditionally been more solicitous to those of the upper-class, we see now a primary focus on the wealthy – more so, republicans now appear to be strictly oriented and geared towards the concerns of the rich as opposed to the middle class or “blue-collar” workers (Lofgren, 2012). They do this through the reduction on taxes for said classes, reducing regulations on businesses, and by maintaining a stellar relationship and “open-door” with the giants of wall street. To put it frankly and as best described by Lofgren, republicans are now simply captives to corporate loot (Lofgren,

Bernie Sanders represented more of the ideals of coming together to help the country. However, looking at both Sanders and Clinton we can see where the party's problem is. While Sanders did represent the “we” values, his supporters developed a mindset of we are the only way and will not submit to Clinton. Even when the party is trying to be for the people, it sets up barriers that drive the party apart rather than together. Overall, I really enjoyed Lilla’s article, I had never seen the party’s problem in this light.

After learning about the political and social debacles of the Democratic National Convention, national and international events of 1968, along with following current political news, I can’t help but wonder if Bernie Sanders has the potential to be the Democratic Nixon? There are parallels between United States’ transformations in 1968 and what is happening today. However, in contrast, after nearly fifty years of conservative dominance, it is the Republican Party that is splitting among moderate, or more liberal, conservatives and right-wing extremists (Killian, 2015). One professional, the Anti-Defamation League’s Investigate Research Director, Mark Pitcavage,

In the article “Trump and the Plutocrat’s Hubris,” from the Wall Street Journal, Joseph Epstein writes an objective piece entailing misconceptions regarding the Trump administration. He argues against the preconceived notion that having a lot of money, leads to an effective government. He uses instances from his own life that help prove his point and convinces the audience that what he is saying is the truth. In order to effectively propose his beliefs, Epstein utilizes rhetorical questions, critical, and informative tones.

Sanders uses ethos to gain credibility in his views, and does this by using tone shifts to look back at his past experiences. After every blank space throughout the story, Sanders ages and the tone shifts to show

Sometimes analyzing how a speech is effective and the context behind it is more interesting than the speech itself. This is defiantly the case in Nick Hanauer’s speech against income inequality titled “Rich People Don’t Create Jobs.” With income inequality being a hot topic in contemporary American society, Hanauer has used it to his advantage by creating a great deal of controversy with his hypothesis on both ends of the political spectrum. A good number of people question his motives, and it’s understandable when you consider that Hanauer is an entrepreneur that also happens to be a billionaire. As a consequence, when a “job creator” is making statements like “it’s only honest to admit that when somebody like me calls

First of all, this paper will be analysing its context and purpose of Bill Clinton’s speech. On September 5th, 2012, Bill Clinton delivered his amazing speech at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. Although his speech mostly consist of logos appeals to persuade his audience in a ceremonial setting, he begins his speech in an epideictic tone focusing on developing the ethos of Barack Obama. At the Democratic National Convention, the Democratic Party and the rest of the Americans witness Bill Clinton proclaiming his support for Obama to be re-elected while stating the reasons why he should be reappointed. The purpose of his speech was not only to express the president’s future objectives but also to show