The main purpose for this article is to convince the GOP party how bad Trump is for their brand, he subdued hints at what the GOP stands to lose further strengthens his arguments for the GOP distancing themselves from Trump at all…
During the past couple of months we have seen more and more well known establishment Republicans like Lindsey Graham, George Pataki, and Bill Kristol, proclaim their refusal to support Donald Trump if he were to secure the GOP presidential nomination. Now that Trump has done just that, political pundits from every news site, cable channel, and talk radio show seem all but obsessed with revealing the next Republican mainstay who will give the cold shoulder to Trump, and may even commit conservative blasphemy by voting for Hillary Clinton. Almost daily, we hear another report of lifelong Republicans jumping the sinking ship that was once "The Grand Old Party". Whether it be both George Bush Junior and Senior opting out of even attending this…
After reading “Off Center” by Jacob Hacker and Paul Pierson for class, I was left with some thoughts that I would like to talk about in this response paper. I will be focusing on identifying an important, researchable issue that was not addressed in this reading. I believe that Hacker and Pierson do an excellent job of using detailed arguments and explanations for why the political party spectrum, and specifically the GOP, is off center. However, this book was written 10 years ago, and I believe that opinions and beliefs in our country, as well as current government official’s political party representation, show that ideologies are changing.…
I remember when Donald Trump first announced his political run for office. He built his campaign on the slogan: We’re going to Make America Great Again, “reinforced” by his bold claim of “building a wall”. When Trump got down into the weeds with Megyn Kelly during the first Fox News Republican debate, I sensed Donald Trump was a proud and arrogant man. I went on my own campaign against him; making phone calls, writing emails, calling news agencies and talk shows, posting madly to Facebook — whatever I could do to try to stop a really bad person from wrecking the Republican Party and damaging the nation. NeverTrump was my obsession, but it was, at that time, merely political for me.…
A stress point and inherent flaw of the American Republic is the issue of the first pass the post system. The first pass the post system is used in almost all of the local, state and federal elections in the United States. In theory, first pass the post is a simple and effective way for the electorate to be represented. One vote per citizen and most votes wins ensuring at least a plurality of voters will have a say in the government. However, a plurality doesn’t necessarily mean a majority and potentially there are situations with minority rules.…
Editorial articles are common way for writers to relay arguments pertaining to a specific subject and few subjects have incited more arguments as of late than presidential candidate Donald Trump. One of the most hotly contested aspects of Donald Trump is whether or not his political platform constitutes fascism. Two articles that explore this topic of Donald Trump’s status as a fascist are The Red Phoenix’s Donald Trump and the Rise of Neo-Fascism and Tim Stanley’s Donald Trump is Not a Fascist and Violence is Nothing New in American Politics. Both articles take very difference stances on the matter and use different methods and approaches to making their arguments.…
Why Kerman Middle School needs an anti bully program During my fourth grade year, I wasn't considered popular. I mostly talked to one girl, other than my classmates. She would get picked on because her appearance, or people would talk behind her back and make up negative lies about her, which were never true. Whenever rumors or negative comments were said about her, we always knew it came from a classmate of ours. Since I was the targets “best friend” I was become an easy target for the same girl.…
Iowa was the pinnacle in determining and defining our candidates, choosing its candidate by various traits each party wanted. According to New York Times entrance polls, the night’s winner Ted Cruz won by establishing his prime stance on matters of terrorism and government spending amounts. The Donald Trump who came 2nd place excelled in gaining voters concerned about terrorism (Jones, Kagay). After such result, Ted gives his speech to the populace of Iowa, within one paragraph, Cruz has declared, “ Iowa has sent notice that the Republican nominee for the next president of the United States will not be chosen by the media.” It is clear this message has been directed towards Donald Trump, suggesting Trump’s only big win is with the media; such…
Lisa McGirr’s book Suburban Warriors: The origins of the New American Right, published in 2001, examines the history of the conservative grassroots movement in Orange County, California during the 1960s and 1970s. With a “bottom up” lens, McGirr focused on ordinary people behind the grass-roots conservatism rather than the intellectual and political leaders. Historian Richard Hofstadter believed right-wing activists acted purely on their “psychological distress” rather than being motivated by a set of beliefs or “rational politics” (7). In response, McGirr argues that the ordinary people who created conservative grassroots were usually already involved with modernity. Many of them were mobile migrants who welcomed entrepreneurialism and already…
Though society has made much progress in recent years, it is not completely without problems. One of these problems is bias- defined by Merriam-Webster as an inclination of temperament or outlook; especially a personal and sometimes unreasoned judgment. Bias ties directly into the problem of bigotry, the devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices. Bias and bigotry can both be incredibly harmful, in the sense of physical violence and mental abuse. Hate crimes have been around as long as bigotry and bias, through many different forms.…
Marlow travels from his home East of London up the Congo River into the heart of Northern Africa. Contrary to what one might think, Marlow is not particularly fond of his fellow Europeans and already holds assumptions he has made about them. He stereotypes the white Europeans as ignorant and monotonous. When he first arrives he immediately thinks of a “whited sepulchre” (54). It is clear that Marlow resents Brussels because of his use of this description.…
Immigration is a topic that a portion of the public view with an open mind while others have a negative connotation that they associate it with. Republicans and people who associate themselves with this political party are the source of ignorance and destruction correlated in specific methods of immigration. America should move toward a more effective, less consuming, process in order to reduce the rate of illegal immigration. Republicans are the main source of residual scrutiny that exists in today’s society, their opinions are what drive the ignorance displayed throughout the American society. There is an apparent absence of empathy present toward this group, lead particularly by the Republican party.…
The First Amendment states, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” Freedom of Speech is one of the core values that is proudly embedded in Americans. Although, some people wonder if there should be limits to this right that Americans have, Freedom of Speech. Many citizens are against different forms of hate speech, yet still understand that hate speech is protected under the first amendment. Hate speech is a way for people to express themselves and defend what they believe in.…
“No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background or his religion. People learn to hate from young age , and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite” (Mandela). The act of racism and inequality within the school system can be dated back to 1896 with the Plessy V. Ferguson case, which resulted in “ separate facilities for education” and an “ equal education”(123helpme). The lack of cultural diversity and ignorance exist all around us within today's society.…
One problem that is ever evolving and continuously effects young adolescence in school is bullying. Bullying can be defined as an activity in which someone intentionally participates in either physically or emotionally harming a peer through any medium; such as words, actions, or technology. By applying this definition to the term bullying, it makes sense that almost every teenager in America can identify a time when they were bullied, when they bullied someone else, or a time when they saw a peer get harassed. And with an increase in technology use, minorities in school, and a growing LGBT group in the education system the problem is only going to get worse. There is a common misconception in the adult community as well as media that somehow…