COMS 101 – B27 – Discussion Board Forum 3 February 25‚ 2013 1983 speech to the National Association of Evangelicals President Ronald Regan 1. How does he establish credibility? President Ronald Regan established his credibility of his 1983 speech to the National Association of Evangelicals by first‚ being who he was he was. President Ronald Regan was the 40th president of the United States of America from 1981-1989 who held a fundamental biblical worldview‚ which was evident of his knowledge
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Bonus: Ronald Reagan’s fiscal policies Many believe that Ronald Reagan is one of the best conservative presidents in United States history. Reagan (February 6‚ 1911-June 5‚ 2004) was the 40th president of the United States from 1981-1989. He originally was a member of the Democratic Party‚ but due to the parties’ shifting platforms during the 1950’s‚ switched to the Republican Party in 1962. Out of the many things Reagan was famous for‚ he was notorious for his implementation of supply-side fiscal
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author‚ doublespeak is a language that manipulates the way others think and makes them think a certain way so that their personal thoughts are limited. The author goes in detail about how well hidden doublespeak is. An example given was President Ronald Reagan speech in 1981. Reagan speech about Social Security lead the public eye into believing that he supported Social Security‚ but proven by an article in the Philadelphia Inquirer‚ David Gergen‚ White House Director of Communication‚ claims that
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Kathryn Abraham Mr. Schoch English 11 Honors 9/26/2012 A New Day Dawns in this Great Nation Kathryn Abraham Ronald Reagan was an inspirational speaker who planted hope in the minds of Americans through his speeches. He echoed throughout the streets of this democracy what true revolutionary ideas were. His ideas and beliefs rang true within the hearts of our fellow country-men as proven by his landslide second term victory. One of his most famous speeches‚ his First Inaugural
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giving great speeches. One President that comes to my mind is former President Ronald Reagan. President Reagan gave many well-known and historically famous speeches throughout his political career. Ronald Reagan’s “A Time for Choosing‚” is considered the speech that propelled his political career. The excerpt‚ “We Must Fight‚” concluded the speech and inspired the audience to believe in fighting and not surrendering (Ronald). During President Reagan’s early life he was a registered Democrat and idolized
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Cannon‚ Lou. Reagan. New York: Putnam‚ 1982. Lou Cannon has covered Ronald Reagan for thirty-six years‚ first as a reporter for the San Jose Mercury News‚ later as the White House correspondent for the Washington Post. He began with covering Reagan’s first campaign for governor of California in 1966 and continued until Reagan’s recent death in 2004. His other books on Reagan include Ronnie and Jesse: A Political Odyssey‚ Ronald Reagan: The Presidential Portfolio‚ President Reagan: The Role of a
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I strongly believe that Ronald Reagan’s policy had a positive effect on the United States‚ his policy helped to halt the Cold war and to even help improve individuals’ daily lives. He worked together with the Soviets‚ also to demolish the threat of communism. Technological advancements‚ because of cars and things that people use for their everyday life. Television was a big hit‚ especially with known shows. Computers played a major role. Reagan was held accountability of the military incident
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Ronald Reagan‚ the 40th president of the United States‚ passed a law that decreased social spending and increased military spending‚ along with calling for tax cuts. Reagan has thought that this was a good idea and will help improve the economic growth of the country. During his years of presidency‚ he created the trickle-down theory. This theory states that if you give money to the rich it will trickle-down to the poor. Helping the rich financially will help create jobs for the poor so they can
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On September 14‚ 1986‚ President Ronald Reagan and First Lady Nancy Reagan delivered their “Just Say No” address to the nation. Reagan warned parents against drug dealers who were “plot[ting]...to steal our children’s lives.” This speech came after several years of President Reagan’s administration’s War on Drugs that utilized the media and congressional and military action to reduce drug use. His administration created a “national crusade” that treated drug use as an attack on society that required
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On October 27‚ 1964 Ronald Reagan delivered a speech that is considered to be timeless‚ and even thought to have set Reagan’s political career in motion. The speech was given during a very tense time in American history‚ when the United States was not only in the middle of the Cold War‚ but also at war in Vietnam. Reagan addresses this in the first minute of his speech but that is not what makes the “A Time for Choosing” speech compelling. The speech was so compelling because of Reagan’s use of rhetoric
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