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Barack Obama “What Kind” 2008. President Obama main focus was to persuade Americans on a better education system. On the other hand, John McCain doesn’t believe in improving the education system, instead he think education funding should be cut. However, according to Justin Bank, “What Kind” had distorted the voting records, for example “In 1955, McCain voted for a Republican budget resolution for fiscal year 1996 that would have reduced education spending from the previous year” (Banks, 2016). Knowing the facts, my opinions of President Obama did not change my opinions, instead my opinions are still the same. The emotional appeal continue to influence me, because of the images of children getting the speech of how important it is to get an

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