Gay politicians

the greatest impact on your audience” (Kasperek, 2011, pg. 13-13), I feel what would have had the greatest impact would be if Giuliano had included some pictures of the events he was describing or when he talked about the small amount of openly gay politicians it would have been neat to see their pictures. He had a really good attention getter, he told the story about the parents that called his personal cell number in the evening to ask for advice. I feel that story helped to build his credibility

Gay Politician No 5: Phillip Hinkle The Indiana State representative who voted to pass a constitutional amendment defining marriage as solely something between a man and a woman was caught trying to bribe an 18-year-old male he met on Craigslist for sexual favors. The Indi Star reported that the emails were sent form Hinkle’s publicly listed personal address. In the emails he asked the young man for a couple of hours your time tonight and offered cash up front, with about fifty to sixty dollars

There have also been several gay sex scandals involving politicians with consistently homophobic voting records. One former California State Representative, Roy Ashburn, was arrested for DUI with another man who accompanied him after leaving a gay bar. Ashburn had actively opposed various homosexual rights issues and even organized a rally against same sex marriage. Obviously, he was confronted about his lengthy anti-gay voting record afterward and he deflected that criticism by noting that those

Salman Ahmed Rushdie is an eminent postcolonial diasporic writer of Indian origin. He was born in a Muslim family in 1947, the year India became free from the clutches of the colonial rule. The novelist and essayist of international repute, Rushdie, started his writing with the fictional work Grimus (1975). His second novel Midnights’ Children (1981) won the Booker’s Prize. The text focuses on the simultaneous independence and partition of the two nations. He came into thick of controversies because

general public social media provides a space to “enable a more efficient information exchange and a more egalitarian structure of communication between politicians and citizens”, rather than relying exclusively on formal methods of communication. New technological advancements, particularly in social media, have virtually severed the gap between politicians and the public, resulting in a changing political rhetoric from what was previously considered the norm. Much of a politician’s campaign and publicity

Our politicians are being bribed to influence what laws are being made in this country at a federal level. Due to the current situation in American politics corruption has become an accepted form of conducting business in the political world. “Since the implication of citizen’s united in 2010 we have seen a dramatic turn in the direction of politics” (Silver). This is because now, any donor is allowed to contribute undisclosed amounts to any political campaign. The argument against this is that the

When we hear the word power politics many related words strike our mind that together form its foundation. These words are treachery, diplomacy and hypocricy which are the guiding principles in politics and act as a vehicle for a politician towards great success and achievements. Political leaders increase their power through manipulating peoples mind and emotions for their own benefits. The present paper highlights the same fact by presenting the journey of transformation of an innocent childish

Leadership in the Spotlight Lights, Camera, Action! Everybody knows and loves Noah and Allie. All you have to say is their names or quote one line, “If you’re a bird, I’m a bird,” and the shrieking girls go ‘OH MY GOD! I love the Notebook!’ The whole movie is about their love. Nobody who’s seen the movie would fail to know the names of these lead characters, but most of them could not tell you the name of Noah’s best friend or the name of Allies cousin whom she’s visiting. These characters are crucial

Politics and the media have long been intimately involved with each other, with media strongly setting an agenda in which politics is very important. (Harris 1999,p.167) "Our perceived reality of the real world is largely a product of the media." (Harris 1999,p.186) It is not known which influences more but there are definitely two sides to the story. Many studies have been done to decide but each comes out with different answers. Many say that the media has more of an impact on politics than

La Loca’s existence is crucial for two major reasons. First, her resurrection in the first chapter declares the nature of the story and hints of its magical narrative. Castillo wastes no time to inform her readers that So Far From God is a work of magical realism. Second, La Loca exists to encourage Sofi to rebel against the religious institution and the political establishment. As the narrator reports, “Loca had never left home and her mother was the sole person whom she ever let get near her” (221)