domingo, 26 de octubre de 2008

DNC Acceptance Speach

Ms. Obama is definitely a great orator. His tone and presence are incredible; Barack distributed equally his speech with the various types of rhetoric. The first twenty minutes were used between forensic and demonstrative rhetoric, and the remaining was completely occupied with deliberative .
During the first half the democrat nominee applied allot of ethos, acknowledging McCain’s service to the nation, although criticizing his decisions in congress:
“Now let there be no doubt. The Republican nominee, John McCain, has worn the uniform of our country with bravery and distinction, and for that we owe him our gratitude and respect. And next week, we'll also hear about those occasions when he's broken with his party as evidence that he can deliver the change that we need.But the record's clear: John McCain has voted with George Bush ninety percent of the time. Senator McCain likes to talk about judgment, but really, what does it say about your judgment when you think George Bush has been right more than ninety percent of the time? I don't know about you, but I'm not ready to take a ten percent chance on change.”
During the middle of the speech Obama constantly applied logos. Although there is something to make it clear, democrats and Barack understand his policies as logical ones. When speaking of this topic the democrat used a tone as if he was saying was very logical. How his proposals were viable and positive, and Ms. McCain’s were a simple continuance of George W Bush policies, were invaded with logos:
“Senator McCain… said that the fundamentals of the economy are strong. And when one of his chief advisors - the man who wrote his economic plan - was talking about the anxiety Americans are feeling, he said that we were just suffering from a "mental recession," and that we've become, and I quote, "a nation of whiners."A nation of whiners? Tell that to the proud auto workers at a Michigan plant who, after they found out it was closing, kept showing up every day and working as hard as ever, because they knew there were people who counted on the brakes that they made. Tell that to the military families who shoulder their burdens silently as they watch their loved ones leave for their third or fourth or fifth tour of duty. These are not whiners. They work hard and give back and keep going without complaint. These are the Americans that I know.Now, I don't believe that Senator McCain doesn't care what's going on in the lives of Americans. I just think he doesn't know. Why else would he define middle-class as someone making under five million dollars a year? How else could he propose hundreds of billions in tax breaks for big corporations and oil companies but not one penny of tax relief to more than one hundred million Americans? How else could he offer a health care plan that would actually tax people's benefits, or an education plan that would do nothing to help families pay for college, or a plan that would privatize Social Security and gamble your retirement?It's not because John McCain doesn't care. It's because John McCain doesn't get it.”
There wasn’t presence pathos in the debate.

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