"Negative Political Campaigning" Going negative is not a step to be taken lightly‚ although today more campaigns go negative more quickly than ever before. Janice M. King‚ president of Janice King Communications‚ when discussing negative advertising in general‚ said that negative messages about competitors create FUD: fear‚ uncertainty‚ and doubt. You must consider seriously the implications of your candidate causing FUD and its resulting stresses on the political system. Campaigns & Elections
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In bygone days‚ commanders were taught that when in doubt‚ they should march their troops towards the sound of gunfire. I intend to march my troops towards the sound of gunfire.[->0]” Joseph Grimond quotes[->1] Dwight Eisenhower Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it. George Patton Live for something rather than die for nothing. Dwight D. Eisenhower Neither a wise nor a brave man lies down on the tracks of history to wait for
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Virginia with her very Southern family. Boyd was destined to become a Confederate spy because many of her other family members were accused of being Confederate spies. Her father was a shoe keeper‚ but during the Civil War‚ he was a soldier in Stonewall Brigade. On July 4‚ Boyd killed a Union soldier who made fun of herself and her mother. This event is considered what began her career as a spy at age 17. In 1862‚ to the Union Army‚ she was known as “La Belle Rebelle.” The New York Tribune said
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troops stopped advancing Rebels north of town. During heavy fighting‚ the Confederates drove the Union troops through the streets of Gettysburg to Cemetery Hill south of the town. Lee ordered General Richard Ewell who had taken commander of the late Stonewall Jackson’s old units‚ to attack this position an ambiguous order that Jackson normally took to mean launch a full-scale attack. Ewell decided not to attack once he saw the Union artillery at the
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Rebel Women vs. Yankee Women Many stories have been told about the Civil War; there is the story of Gettysburg‚ Stonewall Jackson’s death‚ Robert E. Lee leading his solders‚ and many more. However‚ we only hear the smallest amount of information about what the wives of these soldiers are doing. It would be interesting to dig deep into the details of the support army general wives gave‚ what the government expected from women of both sides of the war‚ and the main differences of lifestyle back on
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the Republican Party‚ and Chuck Schumer of the Democratic Party the content on Fox News is somewhat more centrist than the usual fare‚ to emphasize the working across the aisles on immigration reform. Typically Republican attitudes have been to stonewall any pathway to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and any attempt at “amnesty” for them. However the Democratic view point leans towards allowing immigrants to amnesty and work toward attainment of citizenship more easily by achieving certain
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Lyndon Baines Johnson was born on August 27‚ 1908 in Stonewall‚ Texas. In 1927‚ he enrolled in Southwest Texas State Teachers College at San Marcos‚ Texas (Texas State University-San Marcos). He earned money as a janitor and as an office helper. He dropped out of school for a year to serve as principal and teach fifth‚ sixth‚ and seventh grades at Welhausen School‚ a Mexican-American school in the south Texas town of Cotulla. He later served in all four elected federal offices of America: Representative
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January 16‚ 1825 in Richmond‚ Virginia to Robert and Mary Pickett‚ the oldest of their eight children. Remembered as a jovial young man‚ he attended West Point Military Academy and graduated last in his class in 1846. His classmates included Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson‚ George McClellan‚ and George Stoneman. After the academy‚ Pickett was assigned to the 8th Infantry and sent to Texas during the Mexican War. Pickett received two brevets for his courage during the battles of Contreras‚ Churubusco‚ and
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settled in the crossroad town known as Gettysburg. While stationed‚ Lee gave orders to Commander Richard Ewell to attack Cemetery Hill. Ewell took over as commander of the Army of Northern Virginia’s Second Corps after the previous commander‚ Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson‚ had sustained major injuries and died. After receiving these orders from Lee‚ Ewell declined them because he strongly believed that the Federal position was too strong. At dusk more Union Corps arrived‚ led by Winfield Scott Hancock‚ and
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ethos appeals to Obama’s respectfulness. “We‚ the people‚ declare today that the most evident of truths – that all of us are created equal – is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls‚ and Selma‚ and Stonewall…” The entire first half of the clause is an extended allusion. In this case Obama is alluding to the country’s two founding documents. The point of using rhetorical devices isn’t to
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