A Rhetorical Analysis Of Fulfills

In American politics, political candidates use election promises all the time in order to gain votes and get into office. However, some candidates never have the intention of fulfilling these promises and abandon them once in office. In the article, “Obama Finally Fulfills Campaign Promise To Spend One Night In Abandoned Amusement Park” published by The Onion, it states that President Obama promised that he would spend a night in the Cedar Plains Family Fun amusement park for an entire night when he was only a presidential candidate. The article uses phony quotes from President Obama and other respectable individuals, deadpan sarcasm, and imagery to satirize presidential candidates, their promises to America, and American voting habits.

The writer uses quotes from President Obama and other individuals to establish a foundation of ethos in order to provide credibility
It also provides imagery for the reader. President Obama is expected to “scale the 9-foot-high chain-link fence” and “climb to the top of the Ripsaw roller coaster … throw a rock through the window of the snow cone stand, and … wander around in the big concrete track where the Lazy River used to be.” Also, he is supposed to “investigate the park’s old food court”, “take a picture from inside the Gravitron”, “go down into the underground storage rooms where they ... keep the old bumper cars” and “hold[ing] a tattered stuffed animal from the shuttered ring toss stand.” All of these together create an image of what is supposed to occur and happen. Also, with all the added expectations of Obama it adds to the satirical image of Obama in the article. Can you imagine our president, Obama, scaling a fence and emerging with a stuffed animal? No, that is just not something that is going to happen in real