The air is electric, entrenched with gut-busting enthusiasm from a room full of people, who have experienced the hardships of battle, and tonight, have cashed in the spoils from war.
Chants of my family 's surname, Brooks, echoes throughout the twentieth floor of a Beverly Hills privately owned office suite. With a grandeur name hanging outside the entranceway, beaming with familial pride, Brooks Brothers: Attorneys at Law. The sweet smell of ceremonial victory is serendipitous. Serendipitous. A word commonly used by grandmothers, such as my own, to relay their overdue elation when one of her two sons finally lives up to the political dynasty that the patriarch of the almighty Brooks family left in his wake. Chants of my dad 's name comes next, "Congratulations on the re-election, Conrad! Governor Brooks how… serendipitous." That word, again. Amidst the chaos, the office space, now serving as the headquarters for dad’s re-election campaign, keeps the manic media at bay by holding a press conference that will have all of Los Angeles buzzing by tomorrow morning. The media is hungry to feed their news outlets the first breaking footage of dad’s victory speech. One blistering re-election campaign year it had been. Conrad Brooks, while only forty-three years old has tonight just been re-elected as California 's Governor. Every media outlet, conservative channels—liberal conglomerates, said dad’s far-right Republican views wouldn 't win him re-election. A democrat won the
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.
In 2012 President Obama spoke to a group of people at a fund raiser event in Texas and seemed optimistic that Texas would soon be a battleground for the Democratic Party (Parker, 2013). Unless Democrats possess an extraordinary strategic plan this could prove to be a challenging task to accomplish. Recent voting in Texas has faithfully been favorable toward the Republican ticket for over 30 years (Parker, 2013). There has been a widespread margin in the percentage of votes between Republican and Democratic candidates in the last four presidential elections. Currently Republicans occupy all elected statewide offices, both state
David Brooks is a conservative political Op Ed writer who writes for the New York Times. His first experience as a writer was after his graduation, when he received a job as a writer for the City News Bureau of Chicago where he developed his conservative ideology and began utilizing writing to evangelize his values as a conservative writer. He has had many other jobs after that, all of which have strengthened his ability as a writer and brought him closer to his job at the New York Times. He artfully crafts intense and persuasive arguments through his use of Pathos through his historical evidence and quotes while establishing complex tone through diction. He trapps readers with well crafted hooks and releases them into the world with a different
Air is used to show how war disrupts human sanity and sense of community. War has made many people feel no longer connected to other humans and caused insanity and lack of intelligence in some soldiers. : “The man had been trapped in a fire and his vocal cords destroyed when he swallowed the flames.” (Findley 107) The violence of the war has stripped Captain Villiers from being able to communicate with his voice ever again. He wasn’t even able to speak to his love Barbara, which has caused him to lose his sanity. Other soldiers have also lost their sanity. “The shells could be heard in the air when they got about four seconds distant from you. Standing up after one of the closer calls, a bright young man with popping eyes turned to Robert and gushed at him: ‘isn’t it marvelous!’” (Findley 128) The war has tainted this young man’s intelligence. Something whizzing past him that has the potential to kill him, he finds exciting. He has also lost his sanity. War has also caused others to lose their sense of community. “Slithering over the crater’s rim – a pale blue fog appeared. Like a veil his mother might’ve worn.” (Findley 137) The use of gas in the air represents how humans are no longer unified; they are no longer part of a community. War has caused the disruption of human cooperation, and sense of
The governor of CA has maintained a strong position in some areas while vacillating in some, or displaying a considerable decline in others.
Devinatz focuses the article on the similarities between the new president elect, Donald J. Trump and the 1968 election of George Wallace. Devinatz informs the reader that while Donald Trump’ presidency was an event that took the nation by surprise, mostly white union members voted for Trump just like they voted for Wallace because their campaign strategy was similar. Devinatz exclaims that Wallace used comparable rhetoric to Trump’s to get the crowd on his side at rallies, the rhetoric they both used was racial rhetoric. Wallace and Trump used the racial fears that immigrants and people of color would take the white Americans jobs to get the votes and gain political power. The overall argument Devinatz is making is that presidential canidates
Bryan’s political journey is one of history’s most successful failures to date. Though a three-time loser in the running for presidency, Bryan is easily one of the largest influences for modern liberalism and several current government policies. Not much is known about his personal life,
Ordinary people, amble past a front yard on their generally hushed street, but now news vans are parked the whole way down the street, there are numerous cameras and reporters talking at once. As soon as the gate opens in the front yard, everyone lunges for their phones and cameras, frantically trying to record anything spoken from; Grant Hackett’s family.
Seemingly dormant in its political formation, the mass amount of conservatives began to fear the apparent ramifications of an African-American man succeeding office. Surprisingly, Bradley's statistics were auspicious, leading the citywide vote and progressing to the runoff election to confront his opponent, Yorty (Kaufmann 2004, 69). Yorty, a conservative Democrat, realized that his political career was nearing its termination, and decided to take it upon himself to singlehandedly sway the perception of the gullible people, tainted by historical and contextual
As the face of the Williamson County DA’s office, Bradley—who had devoted untold time and taxpayer money to opposing Michael’s requests for DNA testing—was excoriated in the local press. “Adjust the facts as needed, feign respectability, stick to the talking points, and, above all else, protect your friends and associates,” wrote local legal blogger Lou Ann Anderson, suggesting that Williamson County was less tough on crime than “light on justice.” Though Bradley had long been considered bulletproof politically in Williamson County, he soon found himself in a hard-fought race against a primary challenger. Despite support from Governor Perry, who sent letters to the county’s registered Republicans exhorting them to vote for Bradley, the DA was defeated by a stunning ten-point margin. The race had become a referendum on his handling of the Morton case; in the months leading up to primary day, his critics had tied bandanas to his political
Several quotes are included, highlighting perspectives which appealed to local farmers, including topics such as tariff reform, state’s rights, reducing factionalism within the party, trust busting, and reducing the tariff tax (“What a Democrat Thinks,” April 9, 1908). The conclusion of the article exclaims, “Governor Douglas’ statement rings like a bugle call to battle and it is gratifying to know that he and Mr. Bryan are well nigh in perfect accord” (“What a Democrat Thinks,” April 9, 1908). The “Mr. Bryan” he is referring to is William Jennings Bryan, one of the Democratic Party’s forerunners for the presidential candidacy, and a favorite of Democrats in Texas. Remarks such as these, made by a northern democrat, but featured in a small-town Texas newspaper, are evidence of the devotion and loyalty of the Texas voters to the Democratic
The election of Governor in the state of Kentucky had two polarized potential outcomes. If the candidate for the Democrats, Jack Conway the political standpoint, and route of the state looked like it could have stayed similar to the times when Governor Steve Beshear held office. Due to the law regulating amount of terms that a Governor can be elected into office, this election would be one without an incumbent in the mix. You were the republican candidate up for the political seat as Governor. The independent within this race was Drew Curtis. Yourself, and Curtis were predicted to bring great change, and a new path for the state of Kentucky. The new change could shake up the fact that “have held the governor’s mansion for all but four of the
This proves that he would be on the right side of the political spectrum, because none of these views are shared with either Liberals or Radicals. Which means that this man would have to be a Conservative or a Reactionary; however looking at the information, he is definitely a Reactionary. Furthermore, Arnold is a Reactionary over a Conservative, because of the language he used in his profile. He said, “I strongly believe that the government is out of control…” He said this about mainly every single one of his stances, proving that he is a Reactionary. Even though a Conservative might have the same views, they wouldn’t go to the extremes like this man said in his profile. In conclusion, Mr. Arnold Benson is a Reactionary, because he showed how extreme his Republican views
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Lucy Honeychurch is a dynamic protagonist in A Room with a View and her voyage to Italy drastically changes her perspective about conforming to society. Lucy is from the English middle class, and her family sends her to Italy with her cousin Charlotte for a cultured experience to become more sophisticated and educated. This vacation is irregular; Lucy develops a romantic relationship with George, and she challenges her past judgements of English society. This vacation signifies the beginning of Lucy’s growth as an individual. The title A Room with a View states the progression of Lucy Honeychurch’s accidental journey of introspection and her desire to find independence and escape from English social norms.