The main platform of former governor George Pataki during his run for presidential office revolved around how he is under the impression that the country is too focused on social issues and that we need to refocus on issues such as radical islam, the economy, and the size of the government. Pataki announced his bid for presidency in a video, released the same day as his formal announcement, May 28th 2015. In his announcement video, Pataki employs Anaphora in an effort to convince the audience that he is at their level. In Patakis main announcement speech that he gave on the aforementioned date he enjoys a greater variety of devices, including Allusion, Pathos, and Ethos. A number of times in his speech, Pataki alludes to former presidents in
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As an average citizen he questions “who we’re going to be, what we’re going to stand for.” The repetition of the phrase “we’re going to” places emphasis on how he makes himself just like anyone else. Being an average citizen, with the average citizen's best interests at heart, establishes credibility with the audience. Pataki displays anaphora to portray another of his beliefs, that government has “grown too big, too powerful, too expensive, and too intrusive.” He wishes to maintain that government is more powerful than it has a right to be, that our government “is exactly what the Founding Fathers …show more content…
Jefferson writes about how King George had “forbidden his governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.” This represents how Jefferson thinks government should be run. A large government was equated with a monarchy, in which the passing of laws got neglected. A smaller government would be more efficient, and would not neglect important topics. Pataki found inspiration in Thomas Jefferson. He gave his announcement speech in Exeter, NH, the birthplace of the republican party. Thomas Jefferson started the Republican party thus there was an unspoken allusion to Jefferson, and his words in the Declaration of
As an average citizen he questions “who we’re going to be, what we’re going to stand for.” The repetition of the phrase “we’re going to” places emphasis on how he makes himself just like anyone else. Being an average citizen, with the average citizen's best interests at heart, establishes credibility with the audience. Pataki displays anaphora to portray another of his beliefs, that government has “grown too big, too powerful, too expensive, and too intrusive.” He wishes to maintain that government is more powerful than it has a right to be, that our government “is exactly what the Founding Fathers …show more content…
Jefferson writes about how King George had “forbidden his governors to pass Laws of immediate and pressing importance, unless suspended in their operation till his Assent should be obtained; and when so suspended, he has utterly neglected to attend to them.” This represents how Jefferson thinks government should be run. A large government was equated with a monarchy, in which the passing of laws got neglected. A smaller government would be more efficient, and would not neglect important topics. Pataki found inspiration in Thomas Jefferson. He gave his announcement speech in Exeter, NH, the birthplace of the republican party. Thomas Jefferson started the Republican party thus there was an unspoken allusion to Jefferson, and his words in the Declaration of