Barack Obama is the 44th president of the United States of America. He became the first African American president of the U.S. when he was elected in 2008. He belongs to the Republican party and is a very well-educated man. President Obama was born in Honolulu‚ Hawaii and prior to becoming a president he was a civil-rights lawyer‚ worked as community organizer‚ a teacher and was even elected to be the Senator of Illinois. He has influenced this country a lot and has been able to accomplish so much
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In the midst of adversity‚ the state of hope exists. It is the term Barack Obama‚ 2004 US senate candidate‚ uses to bestow upon America’s citizens the possibilities of a brighter future for their nation. It is the term he sees as a gift to this country- “the bedrock of this nation”. He doesn’t fail to mention several of America’s greatest qualities as well‚ leading up to his praise for John Kerry‚ a presidential candidate. He vows that the nation’s greatest qualities would be preserved under Kerry’s
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Barack Obama Speech analysis Rhetorics: 1. Being honest and open – actions must correspond to words He sure I s being honest and open‚ he have to be that way. No one would believe in him if he began to say someone which isn’t right. When he says that he is looking forward to sitting down and discuss with Mitt Romney he committed himself to the words he said. 2. Having altruistic ideals – not being selfish He’s trying to show his good side with Obama Care. Obama Care I a health care system
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Guantanamo Bay‚ passed the PATRIOT Act‚ and cut taxes for the wealthy and more. Some people‚ especially those who were Democratic‚ were dissatisfied with the course of action President Bush decided to take‚ and they were ready to elect a different president after Bush’s tumultuous term. Barack Obama‚ a senator at the time‚ gave a speech at the Democratic Convention announcing his support of John Kerry’s presidential campaign. In his speech‚ Barack Obama uses ethos and its related rhetorical strategies
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Barack Obama once said “When we fail to pursue peace‚ then it stays forever beyond our grasp. That’s where human progress ends.” With that in mind‚ my partner and I negate the resolution. Resolved: Unilateral military force by the United States is justified to prevent nuclear proliferation. Introduction----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Definitions We define unilateral as “done or undertaken by one party without the agreement
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Background and Beliefs: Barack Obama Barack Hussein Obama Jr. was born on August 4‚ 1961 to a Kenyan father and American mother in Honolulu‚ Hawaii. When he was two years old‚ his parents separated and later divorced. After his father received his Doctor of Philosophy in Economics from Harvard‚ he moved back to his native country of Kenya‚ where he became a finance minister until he was killed in a car accident in 1982. His mother remarried‚ and Obama moved with his mother and new stepfather
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W. Bush‚ it’s people were left with a bitter taste‚ so to speak. As a nation‚ we yearned for new discourse and needed “change”. Change was to be the underlying foundation for the 2008 Presidential Election campaigns‚ which created quite a nation-wide stir as a record number of voters made it to the polls. This was the very beginning of a nation-wide political change‚ which is evidently more than just empty propaganda‚ but is evident now through current new reforms. In 2008‚ Barack Obama pledged
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On the 7th of November 2012 Barack Obama delivered his presidential victory speech in his hometown of Chicago. This is a critical commentary of that speech. Barack’s aim apart from thanking voters was to deliver the message that through working together‚ they could drive America forward. The mood was more subdued than the jubilant one of 2008 which carried a similar message of unity. The uplifting tone present four years earlier whilst not replaced‚ was just a little more sombre. It could be argued
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Barack Obama could be considered one of the best presidents in this century; he ended the great recession‚ dropped unemployment from 10.1% to less that 5%‚ won a nobel peace prize‚ shrunk the Federal budget deficit by two thirds since 2009‚ the stock market has not dropped since he has entered Office‚ and he has done many more things for the American people. Barack Obama is a very perceptive president he knows what is going on and is an excellent public speaker; well enough to have people listen
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Barack Obama: A More Perfect Union (2008) Barack Obama speaks of the time before the civil war‚ when the founding fathers made the declaration of independence. The declarations of independence were good‚ but not perfect‚ it had been left unfinished. The great question of slavery wasn’t properly answered. But separation isn’t over; Obama wants this generation to keep fighting for equal rights among gender‚ creed and color. Obamas tells about his past‚ how he grew up with his white grandparents‚ in
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