high/low in prestige EX: Candidate uses a photo of him and the President (or other highly regarded official) in an ad.) Negative transfer - Candidate uses a photo of his opponent with a opponent with someone who is highly disliked‚ such as Newt Gingrich. NAME Glittering Generalities DEFINITION: An unsporting statement that makes the product look good by associating it with something generally regarded as virtuous; a statement that has no opposing argument. EX: "I’m for the American Way."
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press for passage of President Obama’s jobs act — but also to pursue action on mine safety‚ Internet access rules and voter identification laws‚ among others. Republicans pushed back‚ accusing protesters and their supporters of class warfare; Newt Gingrich called the “concept of the 99 and the one” both divisive and “un-American.” My opinion about the occupation movement: The principle of the occupation movement is ok‚ because they want to change the corporate greed‚ social inequality and the
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plastic debit cards that are refilled electronically each month. In 2008 the government renamed the program Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program or SNAP. This program has become a political turning point because GOP Presidential candidate Newt Gingrich said in January that “more people have been put on food stamps by Barack Obama than any other president in American history. In 2008‚ before Obama took office‚ about 28 million people received food stamps;
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in the United States’ prisons there are inordinate amount of African-Americans. Additionally a variety of different political activists and public figures from different backgrounds gave their view from Angela Davis‚ Bryan Stevenson‚ Van Jones‚ Newt Gingrich‚ Cory Booker‚ and many others. In my opinion‚ I though the film was powerful and overwhelming at times. As‚ the public figures and political activists gave a lot of information. Analyzing the film‚ you see how America’s complex prison system
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U.S. History Mr. Browne Pablo Neruda Academy Argumentative Essay Project Statement: President Obama’s decision to assassinate American citizen Anwar al-Awlaki was illegal because it violated Awlaki’s rights as a citizen under the United States Constitution. Question: Do you agree or disagree with the above statement? Task: Using the documents included in this packet‚ your knowledge of United States History‚ and any independent research you choose to conduct‚ write a five paragraph
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Turning Points in History 1968 Event: Civil Rights Act of 1968 • Prohibited the following forms of discrimination: • Refusal to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of his race‚ color‚ religion or national origin. People with disabilities and families with children were added to the list of protected classes by the Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988. • Discrimination against a person in the terms‚ conditions or privilege of the sale or rental of a dwelling. • Advertising the sale
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and puts it into the hands of lazy non tax paying citizens. This program encourages the American citizen to not work so that some other person can work to pay for what the unemployed want. In the words of the Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich: "If society is responsible for everything‚ then no one is personally responsible for anything. Without personal responsibility there cannot be freedom." Our government is teaching the American people the opposite right now. They are giving Welfare
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actually rescued me.” Even though SNAP participants are a large diverse group‚ the program is being challenged by people like Paul Ryan who consider these programs to be a hammock that enables able-bodies citizens to depend on these programs‚ and Newt Gingrich who is against SNAP‚ calling Obama the “food stamp president”. Also‚ Rick Santorum‚ who accuses Obama of “pushing people on food stamps”. Regardless of their allegations‚ I feel as though the main point is being overlooked‚ and that is that food
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desecration was removing people’s rights (such as freedom of speech) and Senators and Politicians generally dislike remove people’s rights. This is the same for the ban on gay marriage as the Constitution shouldn’t tell people how to lead their lives. Newt Gingrich had proposed that public schools should have prayers (which were more likely to be Christian prayers) but this would have removed rights such as freedom of religion‚ therefore limiting people’s rights. After the proposal stage‚ there then is the
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increased power for states‚ a balanced federal budget were its chief ambitions. With unusual speed‚ all ten items came to a vote in the House of Representatives within one hundred days‚ and the House passed nine of the ten measures. Yet‚ even Newt Gingrich who is was the Speaker of the House of Representatives and one of the key leaders of the so called Republican Revolution of the 1990’s compared the plan to the most important political reforms of the twentieth century‚ progress on the contract
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