State of the Union Critique The main topic for this speech is to talk about issues and problems within the area that we live in. This speech talks about how to lower cost on things like living cost‚ education cost‚ and many more necessities that we the people need. The speech also provides information on how we can get more jobs and decrease teen pregnancy‚ crime in the streets‚ and protect the children. If we had more jobs and less crime this would boost the economy a great deal. They
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WASHINGTON - Here is the complete text of President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech‚ as prepared for delivery on Tuesday: Mr. Speaker‚ Mr. Vice President‚ Members of Congress‚ fellow citizens: Fifty-one years ago‚ John F. Kennedy declared to this Chamber that "the Constitution makes us not rivals for power but partners for progress ... It is my task‚" he said‚ "to report the State of the Union - to improve it is the task of us all." Tonight‚ thanks to the grit and determination
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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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Obama Care “If ‘Obama Care’ becomes fully implemented in 2014‚ it’s going to bankrupt states” (“Lindsay Graham”) This is a quote discussing how Obama Care is the absolute downfall of the United States. Obama Care causes free health care for those who can’t work or those who choose not to work‚ causing middle class people to pay triple the amount for health insurance which won’t cover anything for them if they make over a certain amount‚ so they can pay for all of those people who don’t work. It
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2013 State of the Union Rhetorical Analysis Message – Obama stated many issues ranging from the war in Afghanistan to gun violence in America but really focused on one subject in particular. His main message was about our economic growth and how we can improve it. He stated that we need “a rising‚ thriving middle-class” to help America’s economic growth. He wants to provide Americans with middle-class jobs without increasing our country’s deficit. Purpose – The purpose of the State of the
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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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President Obama made his State of the Union Address with many proposals that will increase the way to a better America. He could not have picked better subjects for his address. His actions included strengthen the middle class‚ including calls to raise the minimum wage‚ improvement of immigration‚ and education. Obama went on to say that‚ “the idea that if you work hard and meet your responsibilities‚ you can get ahead‚ no matter where you come from‚ what you look like‚ or who you love. It is our
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Barack Obama has been a great figure for the American citizens in this country. People focus on the wrong things. Even with all of the education that we are provided with lack of common sense is a major problem in the world today. Barack Obama is former president of the United States of America. He was born of a black man from Kenya and a white lady from Kansas. Obama’s arguments deal directly with his emotions. Obama believes deeply in solving problems together‚ inferring that they can be fixed
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“modern rhetorical presidency‚” with respect to their State of the Union speeches‚ in two distinct ways: 1) the speeches are relatively short‚ hovering around 5‚000 words‚ as compared to nearly 30‚000 in 1906 (Teten 2003‚ 340) and 2) the speeches consist of a relatively high rate of the words “we” and our‚” hovering around 2.5% as compared to below 1% before 1914 (Teten 2003‚ 342). Therefore‚ a brief overview of Barack Obama’s 2016 State of the Union address reveals that the speech conforms to Teten’s
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include president Obama’s More Perfect Union speech. Not only did he address the controversial issues presented‚ he depleted any lingering doubts of his ability to fairly run the nation
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