Obama’s Acceptance Speech 2008 Rhetorical analysis Obama has‚ since his debut as a nationally known political speaker in 2004‚ grown to become one of the most outstanding speakers in recent years. His presidential nomination acceptance speech provides a perfect example of how he carefully mixes the best rhetoric‚ delivery and substance to deliver an outstanding speech. Obama starts his speech by addressing and accepting his nomination as the democratic presidential candidate. He refers to older
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There were many interesting facts in the Upfront Magazine “The New Face of America.” The first one I found was that other races outnumber caucasian races‚ “The Census Bureau announced last spring that minority births-Hispanic‚ black Asian‚ American Indian‚ Native Hawaiian‚ Pacific Islander‚ and Alaska Native-now outnumber those of non-Hispanic whites.” Living in a region with dominantly white people‚ I didn’t realize that we made up less than half of our country’s population. Another interesting
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As I first learned about the Affordable Care Act (ACA)‚ which was passed March 23‚ 2010‚ I was intrigued to hear that every American had to get it. I for one believe that the congressional republicans should continue seeking to repeal the law of Obama Care. I understand that the ACA is made to make health insurance more accessible for Americans to be provided aid for families with a low income. In fact that some of the benefits was to prevent insurance companies from increasing rate on families
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plans to take action. The Affordable Care Act imposed during the presidential‚ second term of Barack Obama‚ insured the health of U.S. citizens. This act lowered the uninsured rate to where the no other president had ever accomplished. "Now about twenty million additional adults have knowledge of the financial security of a health insurance‚ and 3 million more teenagers and children have coverage"(Obama). Even though the Obamacare health act has
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speech. Through “Together we” in the tone of his voice the anaphora and the use of inclusive language‚ as he addresses the public‚ he conveys the importance of moving forward as a nation together as one body. Within the first stanza of the speech Obama states the inclusive word ‘we’ several times‚ “We gather…‚ We affirm…‚ We recall…”. Through using the word‚ ‘we’‚ and repletion he reiterates that he is one of the people and he does not want to be thought of as just the president of the United States
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Dear President Obama‚ I understand that we need to keep our country safe. But I am troubled by actions that the government is taking regarding the deliberate drone aircraft killings. If a war is declared‚ then U.S. actions are subject to international law of war. With respect to domestic law enforcement‚ the United States constitution circumscribes government action. Without a war‚ technically neither of these law codes apply. Or‚ because we declared war in Afghanistan on al-Qaeda‚ we declared
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Philippines. The reported shutdown of the US government owing to a budget stalemate in Congress might affect the scheduled visit of President Barack Obama to Manila next week‚ Philippine Ambassador to Washington Jose Cuisia Jr. Said. Cuisia told radio station dzBB there is a possibility that Obama might put off foreign trips until the deadlock is resolved. Obama is set to visit the Philippines on Oct. 11 and 12. “I hope Obama’s visit to the Philippines will not be affected by the shutdown‚ but we can’t
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I have to agree with President Obama on one issue‚ poisonous gas should not‚ must not ever be used against any living thing; however I do not think that the United States should bear the full cost of any action taken against Syria. President Obama’s passionate appeal to retaliate against the Syrian regime for the death of hundreds of children appears hollow when we consider what the US did in Iraq under the same pretext of weapons of mass destruction. The US bombing and the consequential war killed
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Analytical Essay – Obama!!!!! Anders Hornbæk Engelsk • Aflevering • Gladsaxe gymnasium • 25. March 2015 The essay “Obama!!!!!” is written by the American author and comedian David Sedaris‚ and is featured in his essay collection “Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls” from 2013. David Sedaris is living in a small village in the Normandy‚ France. It is not a place with a lot going on‚ and it is therefore not that hard to get written up in the local newspaper‚ if you just stand out a little. As David
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the rational and reasons behind your point of view. (feel free to do your own online internet search) Introduction When Senator Barack Obama launched his campaign for the presidency in early 2007‚ the challenge for a long-shot candidate was to build a grassroots movement so big it could overcome strong primary challengers and‚ eventually‚ a well-financed GOP. The Obama campaign couldn ’t afford to do things the usual way‚ so it invested in some seasoned people and some brand-new tools to help rethink
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