State Of The Union Address Reflection

In specific, President Obama sought to assert his commitment in supporting economic recovery as well as growing the middle class in the United States. It follows the adverse economic conditions and thus, president Obama promised to offer liberation for the American families. Still, President Obama also used the speech to emphasize on his policies going forward including his foreign policy which

On January 28, 1996, the NASA shuttle orbiter mission STS-51-L and the tenth flight of Space Shuttle Orbiter broke apart 23 seconds after its launch, making it one of the most important events in the history of spaceflight in terms of its aftermath on the audience who witnessed the explosion. The spacecraft disintegrated over the Atlantic Ocean, claiming the lives of seven crew members. It was later found that two rubber O-rings had failed because of the cold temperatures on the morning of the liftoff. Family, friends, and millions of T.V viewers witnessed the explosion, which led president Ronald Reagan to address the accident. Reagan planned to give his State of the Union Address, but after learning of the Space Shuttle disaster he postponed it for a week and addressed the nation at the Oval Office late afternoon. By using rhetorical appeals in his address to the nation, Reagan effectively addresses the nation and crews’ families about the explosion while comforting, inspiring, and honoring the views through the use of rhetoric.

On March 4, 1933, Franklin Delano Roosevelt stood before a nation and assumed the presidency of the United States of America. He recited the entire oath of office from memory, instead of merely answering “I Do” to a list of promises he was making to the American people. American citizens who had already endured four years of the greatest economic depression the nation had ever experienced. Americans who were desperately searching for help and relief from unemployment, financial crisis, and the possibility of starvation. In his inaugural address, Roosevelt vowed to bring to America the relief Americans needed, and to restore the nation to it’s position of power in the world. He promised a New Deal. While many wanted to believe that this

Early Monday morning I woke up to the sound of mom and dad telling me that I had to get dressed. After groggily, rising out of bed and brushing my teeth, moreover, I had realized why I was in a hotel. Everything came flooding back to me. Mom, Dad, and Abby were all with me and we were in Columbia, Missouri and were about to leave for Jefferson City Missouri. I wore a brand new suit coat, a white collared shirt, a red tie and a nice pair of black pants. I also loaded up my violin because I was to perform in the interfaith church service at 9:00. The performance was only part of a whole list of events that took place that day. First was the interfaith service for the Governor Elect Eric Greitens. Along with Attorney General Joshua Hawley. I myself did not perform a solo, but did

president. When writing the State of the Union, one can infer that the audience of such a speech

On March 4, 1861, Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated president, having slipped into Washington D.C. to thwart assassins, and in his inaugural address, he stated that there would be no conflict unless the South provoked it. He marked restoration of the union as his top goal, and offered doubts about it splitting. He stated that geographically, the United States could not be split. A split U.S. brought up questions about the sharing of the national debt and the allocation of federal territories.A split U.S. also pleased the European

In his State of the Union Address for 2016, Barack Obama uses logical and ethical arguments to emphasize shared ground rather than partisan disputes. He also taps into the audience’s desire to feel better about themselves and their country. By using humor and irony, Obama paints his opponents into corners, out of which it would require outrageous extremism to effectively squirm away. At its best, this approach demonstrates how much Americans actually have in common in a culture dominated by ideologically polarized cable-news channels, Facebook, and cultural tribes that increasingly live and socialize apart from one another. The president's technique throughout the speech is to frame issues through a rhetorical jujitsu to persuade his opponents,

The most interesting parts of Obama’s speech, to me, were the clarifications on his educational policies. His plans for higher education, such as halting student loan payments after 20 years or 10 years for public servants, seemed pretty cool to me. I’m not sure if taking government money to be used for student loans and giving it to parents while simultaneously stopping loan payments after 20 years is such a good idea. Pissing off the entire banking system might not be such a good idea in the long run. Grunts will be fired before CEOs cut their own bonuses, and I really don’t feel like that is particularly conducive to a good financial system.

The president's State of the Union address, delivered annually, is an opportunity to reflect on the nation's accomplishments across the previous twelve months and its goals in the year ahead. When the address delivered following the confirmation of the president's second term, it is an even more significant opportunity to set a course for the term ahead. In the address delivered by President Obama on February 12 before a Joint Congress, the course that he set forth would be distinguished by its progressive nature and the president's new sense of a public mandate.

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.

George Washington was elected as our first President of the United States unanimously in 1789. He dedicated approximately forty-five years of his life to public service. At the end of his second term in 1796, he published what is known as his Farewell Address, directed to the people of the United States of America. Although never given publically as a speech, the Address was published in several newspapers and was later made into pamphlets. Washington’s Farewell Address is one of his most famous and enjoyed speeches at the closing of his career as a soldier, founding father, and leader of this country. His Farewell Address is still a widely respected document to this day and speaks of sound political and moral values, many of which

The Great Depression was a moment of economic turmoil, plagued by an unemployment rate that was at an all-time high, bank failures, and foreclosures. People of all races and backgrounds were struggling to make ends-meat throughout America. A major component needed for a successful market economy—confidence- had been shattered by the events of 1929. The happenings of the late 1920’s and early 1930’s revealed the flaws in the way the government was functioning at the time while influencing the actions and ideals of politicians, specifically Franklin Roosevelt . The statements made by Roosevelt’s through his 1944, “State of the Union Message to Congress”, are examples of the new, modern brand of liberalism that gained widespread public support

John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, has become one of the most famous presidents in the nation's history due to his oratory skills and eloquence (Biane,2011). In this paper, we present an analysis the inaugural speech that he delivered in January 1961. Even though his Inaugural speech lasted less than fifteen minutes, the message that he saliently delivered was one that has continued to resonate in the very hearts of American citizens.

Obama promised change, then he took on one of Washington's toughest issues; Universal healthcare reform.Obama said that he wanted to be the generation that says, "universal health care in America, we can do that!" He spoke no less than remaking America, but in the end were they just pretty words?

The State of the Union is an address on the conditions of the country (hence the name) delivered annually by the president. However, it was called the “Annual Message” when George Washington gave the first one in 1790. Eleven years later, the Annual Message became a letter to a joint session of Congress instead of a speech. But in 1913, it was changed back to a speech by President Woodrow Wilson. The name “Annual Message” was changed to “State of the Union Address” in 1947 and in the same year, it was revolutionized by Harry Truman because the speech of 1947 was the first televised one, which means that it was also the first time that the speech became an address to the general public. On January 12, 2016 in Washington D.C., President Barack Obama delivered his final State of the Union Address.