2008 Democratic National Convention

Sanders consistently used to describe “Wall Street” was “greedy” and “banks too big to fail”. When he used both “reckless” and “illegal” in the same sentence, he was addressing wealth inequality or the specific instance of the “Wall Street Bail Out” in 2008…

of Clinton’s responses to questions posed by the debate moderators. The comments, likes were reassuring of victory over Donald Trump. However, the issue of unifying voters was not being addressed. This, I think, breaded lots of free riders in the democratic camp because the comments and likes gained by these clips might have jolted Bernie Sander’s supporter from casting their…

the Fed's buying and selling of United States Treasury securities).[1] It is the Federal Reserve committee that makes key decisions about interest rates and the growth of the United States money supply.[2] It is the principal organ of United States national monetary policy. The Committee sets monetary policy by specifying the short-term objective for the Fed's open market operations, which is currently a target level for the federal funds rate (the rate that commercial banks charge between…

have adopted, in their National Strategy for Poverty Reduction and Aid Development, measures to reduce the effects of climate change, which increases even more the poverty level of its impoverished population. According to the December 2007 National Adaptation Programme…

has long been apart of the United States Federal Government system. She started as first lady in the 1990’s, she then excelled as a U.S. senator in the 2000’s. During the 2008 Democratic primaries, she conceded the nomination when it became apparent that Barack Obama held a majority of the delegate vote. After winning the national election, Obama appointed Clinton secretary of state. She was sworn in as part of his cabinet in January 2009 and served until 2013. Hillary Clinton has paved the way…

The Democratic Party has a history of spurning truly progressive candidates. As Gore Vidal asserted in an interview with The Progressive, there is only one major political party in this country. “It’s the party of big corporations, the party of money. It has two right wings; one is Democrat and the other is Republican,” said Vidal. Ralph Nader, an icon of the far left who ran for president with the Green Party in 2000, has literally been banned from entering the Democratic National Convention. …

The Electoral College is an integral part of the current election process of the United States. Created during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the Founding Fathers developed the establishment of Electors through debate of the Virginia Plan which proposed that Congress should elect the President. However, concerns of the President being controlled by Congress and fears over a small group of individuals being able to dictate who would hold office, presented the need to change the plan.…

In order to deliver a successful speech, there are countless qualities that must be present to reach the emotion and logic of the crowd. Through the use of rhetorical strategies and by having ethics, a speaker or an author can connect with their audience; getting them involved with their writing. In May of 2011, a man by the name of Denzel Washington used multiple rhetorical strategies to deliver a graduation speech at the University of Pennsylvania. While revealing all of the difficult times…

With Barack Obama’s statement in, Keynote Address to the 2004 Democratic National Convention, “the almost willful ignorance that thinks unemployment will go away if we just don’t talk about it, or the healthcare crisis will solve itself if we just ignore it” (Obama 80). This statement by Obama helps explain the economic state…

In the United States, every legal citizen has the guaranteed rights including religious freedom, freedom of the press, and trial by jury. The ten amendments in the Bill of Rights has a freedom that many in other countries don’t know of and can only wish for. In the Constitution, whoever is born on American soil is automatically an American citizen. However, the citizen of present-day colonies/ territories like American Samoa and Guam don’t get the same right as American citizens, even though…