Barack Obama

These three events influenced me in different aspects. The 2008 presidential election of President Barack Obama influenced me mentally because it gave me more strength within myself that anything is possible. If an African American can be the president of the United States than a female African American like myself can too. The evolution of social media…

further educating ourselves, but to some it still isn’t enough to consummate their dream. The American Dream is still attainable to those who pursue it. From the speech “Keynote Address to the 2004 Democratic National Convention” by Barack Obama, he states “Our pride is based on a very simple premise, summed up…

The well known words “I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal" were once said by the beloved Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. These words have sent chills down the spines of many generations. As the years passed, Dr. King’s dream had become a reality but there were still ways to go. The fact that decades after Dr. King’s times, one’s skin color or ethnicity is still an issue…

Ronald Reagan once said, ”We could say that Democrats spend money like drunken sailors, but that would be unfair to drunken sailors… because sailors spend their own money.” In modern days, the face of the Democratic party is Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. The best friends of these people and their entire group of Democrats is the media. It is not just CNN, it is pretty much all the media besides FOX News, which people are desperate to tear apart. The Democratic Party is bad because they…

Political Polarization “The unanswered question of American politics in this era is whether our divided political system can function in times of stress” (Ezra Klein). Our political system is comprised of two parties with opposite views on important topics. When the representatives of these parties experience more constraint to vote towards their party 's stance on issues they are less likely to compromise and therefore get less accomplished. This is called political polarization. Political…

The Controversy of ObamaCare I. What is ObamaCare? ObamaCare is the casual name for The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, a health change law set apart on March 23, 2010, by President Barack Obama. - ObamaCare (the Affordable Care Act) is a US social protection change law that develops and improves access to care and checks spending through bearings and expenses. The Affordable Care Act's basic focus is on outfitting more Americans with access to sensible therapeutic scope, upgrading…

ethos, and logos during his forty-eight minute speech. According to a USA Today Gallup poll conducted two weeks before the Democratic National Convention, Clinton was at his all-time personal best approval rating of 69%; higher than Michelle Obama (65%), Barack Obama (53%), or Joe Biden (44%) (Gallup). It is easy to see why the stadium filled to capacity with democratic delegates and volunteers were eager to listen to Clinton’s…

America needs to continue to Defend the safety of Israel Imagine being in a country no smaller than the state of New Jersey where you are surrounded by enemies on all sides of your borders. These enemies pose a serious threat because they have a hate that cuts deep to the bone. They actively yearn to kill you. Their hate doesn’t end there; it extends to any outside country that is a friend. "Death to you" is their call. “We want you wiped off the face of the earth.” If you lived in this…

Like any job the experience and preparation before matters. Ideally only the best preparation is acceptable for the President. This should contain positions on the executive, legislative, state and federal positions. The necessity in order to become the President of The United States are placed out in the constitution at Article 2, Section 1, Clause 5 and state three specific requirements: Number One, The Candidate must be at least 35 years old. Number Two, The candidate must be a resident…

Iris Marion Young voices her views on the lack of equality in our society in her book, Inclusion and Democracy. Young asks us to rethink the idea of a descriptive democracy, which is where elected representative in democracies should represent not only the expressed preferences of their constituents. In a descriptive democracy, representatives should also represent the descriptive characteristics that are politically relevant like occupation, ethnicity, sexuality, and gender. Not all groups…