Rhetorical Analysis Of Ronald Wilson Reagan's A Time For Choosing
October 27, 1964 Ronald Wilson Reagan delivered a speech on behalf of Barry Goldwater. At the time Goldwater was a republican candidate running for presidential office of the United States of America. “A Time for Choosing” was the title of the speech Reagan conveyed to endorse Goldwater for president. At this time Reagan was a journalist and an actor which allowed him to possess a certain talent that helped in deliver this persuasive speech where is was urging for the election of Goldwater. Due to the airing on national television Raegan’s speech gained nationwide attention. His speech divided two individual candidates running for the presidential office. Reagan compare Lyndon Johnson and Goldwater. He designed his speech to compare their political views to the
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Founders of America. Frequently using anecdotes and controversial issues he gains the interest of the majority of Americans. Reagan was very clever not to ask specifically for America to just vote for Goldwater, he asked America to choose the Founders of America or to choose the Progressives and their liberal successors.
Reagan uses scare tactics to convey his theories to the audience by his words describing a pictures of arrogance of the Progressives. Incidents like labeling the American citizen as masses, he draws negative thoughts about Johnson. In support of defending America from Communism, Reagan politics for votes for Goldwater who is a supporter of continuing America in the manner of the Founding Fathers of America. By using America’s past, Reagan is able to communicate his ideas effectively to the audience.
Reagan speech was so powerful that his words still echo throughout America today. He was a remarkable and successful speaker. Being a journalist by trade empowered him with the talent of using words to touch the audience. However the powerful persuasive speech of Reagan the night of October 27 1964 was not enough for a victory for Goldwater. What it did do was it opened a door for the future president of the United States of America to walk into. It reestablished what Americans then and now look at as
Conservatism.
It was because of The Time for Choosing speech that Americans saw a different Ronald Reagan than the one who they were used to seeing on their televisions. They saw a man who stood for something that was bigger than any movie role. They saw a man who was willing to stand up for the morals and values that this country had been established on many years before. Although Reagan supported Goldwater on that night it was because of his persuasive position on all the conservative values that would catapult him above Goldwater in his political popularity.
I have always been and will always be an extremely big Reagan fan. He is the first president that I ever remember. He is the first president that I ever did any actual research on. I cannot help but to think that’s if he was still the President of this great country that it would be indeed a great country. In my opinion President Reagan stood for what Americans were supposed to stand for. The Time for Choosing speech was influential in so many different ways. That one speech on that one night believe it or not changed America forever.
Founders of America. Frequently using anecdotes and controversial issues he gains the interest of the majority of Americans. Reagan was very clever not to ask specifically for America to just vote for Goldwater, he asked America to choose the Founders of America or to choose the Progressives and their liberal successors.
Reagan uses scare tactics to convey his theories to the audience by his words describing a pictures of arrogance of the Progressives. Incidents like labeling the American citizen as masses, he draws negative thoughts about Johnson. In support of defending America from Communism, Reagan politics for votes for Goldwater who is a supporter of continuing America in the manner of the Founding Fathers of America. By using America’s past, Reagan is able to communicate his ideas effectively to the audience.
Reagan speech was so powerful that his words still echo throughout America today. He was a remarkable and successful speaker. Being a journalist by trade empowered him with the talent of using words to touch the audience. However the powerful persuasive speech of Reagan the night of October 27 1964 was not enough for a victory for Goldwater. What it did do was it opened a door for the future president of the United States of America to walk into. It reestablished what Americans then and now look at as
Conservatism.
It was because of The Time for Choosing speech that Americans saw a different Ronald Reagan than the one who they were used to seeing on their televisions. They saw a man who stood for something that was bigger than any movie role. They saw a man who was willing to stand up for the morals and values that this country had been established on many years before. Although Reagan supported Goldwater on that night it was because of his persuasive position on all the conservative values that would catapult him above Goldwater in his political popularity.
I have always been and will always be an extremely big Reagan fan. He is the first president that I ever remember. He is the first president that I ever did any actual research on. I cannot help but to think that’s if he was still the President of this great country that it would be indeed a great country. In my opinion President Reagan stood for what Americans were supposed to stand for. The Time for Choosing speech was influential in so many different ways. That one speech on that one night believe it or not changed America forever.