1976 was the first time in the United States history where presidential candidates would debate head to head‚ sharing the stage and increasing competition. Gerald Ford was expected to come ahead‚ but his opponent Jimmy Carter was perceived as confident and a fierce contender. Many argue that Gerald Ford’s downfall was due to the pardon of President Nixon‚ while others thought he faltered during the live broadcasted debate in San Francisco‚ with his response to his “international policy leadership
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Over the years‚ there have been many debates over woman’s rights. It has recently been brought to my attention that President Obama is all for woman’s rights. In his speech on November 10‚ 2005 over civil rights‚ he talked about his support of equality and how believes that all people in our country should be treated equally. President Obama‚ who was a Senator at the time the speech was given‚ said that he didn’t think about all of the progress that has been made towards woman’s rights. He thought
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My article is about Republicans and Democrats not coming to an agreement on the spending plan for this year. One of the main part of their disagreement is Obamacare. My article also talks about what Obamacare is. The Obamacare will expand access to health care. Because of the government shut down more than 800‚000 government employees will not be working. But most important government workers will keep working. My article says that this is not the first government shutdown. The first government
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War on Drugs in the U.S The term “War on Drugs” was first used by U.S president Richard Nixon. The term is used to describe a campaign of prohibition‚ foreign military aid and military intervention undertaken by the United States government‚ with the help of other countries‚ and the aim to reduce the illegal drug trade. The war on drugs began in 1914 but became more popular four decades ago‚ on July 17‚ 1971. This war was declared by President Nixon who said “Drug abuse was public enemy
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Argo [2012] Argo is a name of a movie which got Oscar for best movie in 2012. It has been done in Warner Bros production‚ with Ben Affleck as a director and George Clooney as a producer. It’s a thriller (120min) full of surprises and unexpected events‚ so I would rate it 10/10 for the story. This thriller is about hostage extraction from Teheran in 1979 and it’s based on a true story about a fake movie. During the Iranian diplomatic crisis‚ the CIA rescued six US diplomats by passing them off
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Do you think that Donald Trump will do good for our nation for the next 4 years of presidency? Donald trump had made a good speech on how he would make this nation great again. He also was very polite to the former president Obama his speech was also very inspirational on how he would help this nation so this shows the people that he might stop being rude and start to act serious in new job. However‚ there were some things that he had said that worries us‚ so now we are theorizing on what will happen
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The main event of the 1970s was the New Federalism‚ which is the transfer of certain powers from the United States federal government back to the states. This helped restore the states with some autonomy and power that they had previously lost to the Federal government as a consequence to President Roosevelt’s New Deal. It also involved the Federal government providing block grants to the states to help resolve social issues. The power was then divided at the national and state levels. The states
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1.1 History of Campaign Finance Laws Legislation regarding the role of money in American politics is as old as the nation itself. In 1699 the Virginia House of Burgesses established a law banning the bribery of voters in elections. This law made insured that wealthy candidates would not attempt to pay off voters in an attempt to win elections (Mutch 2001). Today‚ the general consensus is the interested money is what corrupts politics‚ not bribes by self-financed candidates. It was not until the
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In the article‚ “President Ford: Main Street to Pennsylvania Avenue‚” Luther J. Carter discusses Gerald Ford’s time as a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Michigan’s 5th district. He served in this role from 1949 to 1973‚ and was seen by many to have a “leadership style that was calm‚ forbearing‚ and pragmatic” (p. 765). S.C. McElroy‚ of the Ralph Nader Congress Project described Ford as a listener of all viewpoints and as one who has a reputation for impartiality and does not let
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Analysis of the President Debates There are going to be three (3) Presidential Debates and One (1) Vice-Presidential Debate. Please answer the following questions and submit a hard-copy in class by November 6‚ 2012. Students are required to only view one of these debates and answer the following questions. However‚ for students who failed to submit homework assignments on LucusConnect‚ you are required to view Three (3) and write your analysis on each debate. First presidential debate:
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