Argumentative Essay On Howard Fineman

What is an argument? Fineman describes it as a clash between at least two people or parties over facts and ideas and in the search of answers. I think what makes Howard Fineman, in particular, required to make these arguments is the fact that he has reported on every presidential campaign and major candidate since 1983; as well as traveling in and writing about over 40 country and every state in the U.S. except North Dakota. Throughout all of his travels and all of his reports about politics here in the states Fineman has learned so much about the ins and the outs of how our country operates. I would imagine one would challenge his qualifications by stating that he never actually held any political offices so he would not know “everything”.
How has who a “person” is changed over time? When the founding fathers first wrote the phrase “We The People” they didn’t mean what it sounds like. Even the statement about equality only references men, yet not all men had rights at the time either. This country has changed it’s idea on who is considered a respectable person and still does often.The …show more content…
I think Fineman’s purpose for putting the passage about Frist was to show how politicians have to pick sides in the realms of faith as well as secular matters. The majority of people in the United States still have faith based values and traditions and most of those people use them to make their own personal opinions on issues in the present day society. On page 62, Fineman explains that there are a few reasons why our country was destined to argue about faith from the beginning. He says the availability of the bible at the time of our country’s founding along with how each group of people would interpret the book. On page 65, Fineman states that the idea of “revival” is an example of how faith and politics are intertwined in America. “Revival” meaning a political metaphor and that our country operates by a continuous