How Obama Does That Thing He Does Jack Shafer 1. Who do you believe was the author’s intended audience? Shafer is writing to the American voters‚ and non-voters. He is writing to explain Obama’s excellent speech skills. 2. What was the author’s intended purpose in writing the piece? He is explaining the methods‚ tactics and brilliance to Obama’s speech‚ composure and leadership skills. 3. What point does the author make in the text? Despite Obama’s race‚ he is able to confront
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When Obama was elected‚ he inherited the issue of the economic crisis from the Bush presidency. Unfortunately‚ he had to solve this issue before moving into some of the promises he had made to the American people during his campaign. Some of the decisions he made just to lighten the blow of the economic crisis were somewhat contradicting to his initial promises. Although Obama knew of the upcoming battle he had to face with the economic crisis‚ he made grand promises to the public‚ promises such
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construction. This loan from the DOE was such big deal because of the “Green Jobs” that it would create that Vice President Biden‚ Energy Secretary Chu‚ and Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger paid visits to the Solyndra offices. In truth this was only the beginning of problems to come. Even though there were auditors raising concerns about whether Solyndra can continue as a company President Obama visits Solyndra in 2010 as states “that Solyndra is a model company”. (Washington Post Sept. 23 2011). Then in
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President Obama has pursued national security policies that keep the American people safe‚ while turning the page on a decade of war and restoring American leadership abroad. Since President Obama took office‚ the United States has devastated al Qaeda’s leadership. Now‚ thanks to our extraordinary servicemen and women‚ we have reached a pivotal moment – we definitively ended the war in Iraq and have begun to wind down the war in Afghanistan. Meanwhile‚ we have refocused on a broader set of priorities
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This speech given by President Obama on human trafficking was considered a landmark speech to victims worldwide. Obama promised greater resources to fight pimps and johns and to support those who escape the horror of the streets. Many viewed this as a breakthrough‚ because the Obama White House had not previously shown strong leadership on the issue of human trafficking. However‚ the breakthrough to me was when President Obama said “The bitter truth is that trafficking also goes on right here‚ it’s
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Hawaii‚ Barack Obama is the 44th and current president of the United States. He was a civil-rights lawyer and teacher before pursuing a political career. He was elected to the Illinois State Senate in 1996‚ serving from 1997 to 2004. He w as elected to the U.S. presidency in 2008‚ and won re-election in 2012 against Republican challenger Mitt Romney. President Obama continues to enact policy changes in response to the issues of health care and economic crisis. Barack Hussein Obama was born on
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10/2/2014 Obama and India - Essays - Mishrasanchit Is Obama good for India? November 7‚ 2008 posted by indiatime | There’s a lot of discussion going on about whether the American president-elect will be better for India than the current American president. I don’t think there is anything fundamentally wrong about asking that question. But I just think we have issues and questions that have more to do with ourselves and less to do with Obama or Bush or Mccain or anyone else. Still‚ here
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Agree or disagree with the following statement and justify your answer: “the election of President Obama was not a victory for the civil rights movement t but a sign of the increased diversity of the American population‚ which is generally more willing to accept people of color.” I agree‚ President Barack Obama’s victory was due to our society acceptance to a diverse America. Our society no longer holds those narrow minded believes we use to have years ago. He won the presidency because people
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different presidents and there has been many good president’s that we have learned about through time. The first president of the United States was George Washington and many people liked him for all sorts of reasons but the main reason everyone liked him because he was a good leader. George Washington had his falls just has many other people do because we are only human and he was in charge and had to make some very powerful decisions. Before we get into why George was a good president you should
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Calvin Coolidge‚ America’s thirtieth president‚ led Americans in a different way than other presidents. He became president following the sudden death of Warren G. Harding in 1923. Even though Coolidge was a quiet man‚ he was able to effectively lead America into prosperity. Coolidge grew up as a silent and wealthy boy. He was born on July 4‚ 1872‚ in Plymouth Notch‚ Vermont.When Coolidge was twelve years old‚ his mother died. His teenage sister‚ Abigail Grace Coolidge‚ died several years later
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