Vanessa Puga POL201 Professor Mishler November 16‚ 2010 A Presidency Determined to Change a Nation On Tuesday January 20th 2009 in Washington D.C.‚ our 44th president Barack Obama stood before a record breaking crowd of Americans to deliver his inauguration speech which marked the commencement of his four year term. Being the first African American president‚ the journey that Barack Obama embarked on was difficult but he worked hard to win over voters with his many speeches that promised “Change”;
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Liz Flanders PoliSci 391 Personality and U.S. Presidents in the 21st Century Paper 10.19.10 The presidency of the United States is arguably the most important position to hold in the entire country. The president is the figurehead of the country; the person people look to for reassurance and the person they blame when something goes wrong. Of the forty-four presidents that our country has seen to this day‚ each of them has their own distinct character and personality. Some will argue that
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MLK/Obama Comparative Essay On September 18‚ 1963‚ in Birmingham‚ Alabama‚ tragedy struck Sixteenth Street Baptist Church when a bomb planted in the basement detonated and killed four young teenage girls‚ who were changing into choir robes. Nearly 50 years later‚ a similar tragedy occurred in Newtown‚ Connecticut. Twenty-six were shot multiple times at Sandy Hook Elementary school‚ 20 of those killed victims being kindergarteners. After the bombing‚ Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. gave a public eulogy
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No Response to 911 Calls: “Aint Nobody Got Time for That” Violent crimes in Chicago are trending up. Every day there are multiple homicides. Living in the Chicagoland area people are exposed to Chicago media and their coverage of these violent crimes. In a Wall Street Journal article “Chicago Dials Back on 911 Responses‚” Jack Nicas reports on this argument. He is trying to bring the issue to a national audience and let them know about the policies Chicago is putting in place about dealing
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Kobe Simms 11/10/14 Mr. Horwits Social Science After Hope and Change Chapter 1 Questions Show three facts that illustrate why 2012 was “a fairly narrow victory” for Obama. 1. President Obama had won reelection by a close margin of only 3.85 percent. He earned a rank of 24 out of 30 past elections since the year 1896. 2. President Obama became the only incumbent in history to win reelection while losing vote share. Obama lost vote share in nearly every state during the election
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Katana Grau 3.04 Free from fear essay Economic/political stand point analysis view Obama and Roosevelt speeches Are the poor and the wealthy equally concerned about the “freedom from fear”? Compare and contrast both speeches to answer this question. President Obama and President Roosevelt’s speeches were different but fairly similar. Although President Obama’s speech doesn’t have equal thought or care about the freedom of fear from both the poor and the wealthy but in President Roosevelt’s
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Andrew Hrywna Mrs. Stasiv English 12 October 1 2010 Barak Obama Speech Analysis On November 3rd 2008‚ President Barack Obama addressed the people of Virginia. This was the night before the ballots would be cast for the 43 President of the United States of America. He expressed to the nation that his experience was incomparable and like no other. Obama is known to use three main manipulative devices in his speeches. His effective use of Anaphora‚ Anecdotes‚ mixed in with his own personal
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Debate Final- Political Figure Presentation- Paul Ryan One of the most difficult challenges I have ever faced is Mario. There I said it. It’s a virtual world where you’re supposed to beat a huge‚ magical‚ dragon with multiple lives and unlimited resources. I get killed by the walking turtle that was clearly ahead of me. However unrealistic this scenario may be‚ there are some real life aspects. Each of us‚ like Mario‚ has to overcome a series of obstacles before we can accomplish our goals. Paul
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Dorothea Lynde Dix was quoted as saying‚ "In a world where there is so much to be done‚ I felt strongly impressed that there must be something for me to do." Dix began at the age of 39‚ and spent the next 20 years as a social reformer for the treatment of the mentally ill. When asked to teach a Sunday School class at a women’s correctional facility‚ Dix was appalled at the conditions‚ as well as the fact that many of the women weren’t criminals‚ but were instead mentally ill. This is where her
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Explanatory Summary on Obama’s Second Inaugural Speech In “Obama’s Second Inaugural Speech”‚ from The New York Times on January 21‚ 2013‚ President Barack Obama gives out the speech for persuading the Congress‚ especially the republicans‚ and Americans to vote for him for becoming the next president in the election. In the speech‚ President Obama persuades that people should all get together in order to move forward‚ retaining the liberty and equality for everyone. This is a persuasive speech because
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