Barack Obama

Barack began his speech by being thankful and acknowledging that his presence at the Democratic National Convention was very unlikely. This was effectively used as an attention-getter at the right time because it was an accurate statement, not many times in American politics did one see an African-American have the opportunity to be representing the Democratic Party on a national level. In addition, he explained to the audience his family background in which his grandfather was a cook and his…

Presidency: George Washington vs. Barack Obama George Washington and Barack Obama are two presidents that have impacted the United States. George Washington was the first president and Barack Obama is the current president, the forty-fourth. George Washington, the first president of the United States, did not have a political party. Washington was an independent candidate. Before George Washington was president, he was the Commander in Chief of the Continental Army. Washington was the…

Illinois Senator Barack Obama addresses the audience of the Democratic National Convention in Boston. As the keynote speaker, he is responsible for setting the stage for the ideals of the party and its chosen candidate and why he is best fit to hold the title of President of the United States of America. This is a tough time for America, for the previous four years held the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the war against Afghanistan, and the war against Iraq (George W. Bush Timeline). Obama uses his…

history. Which was to hear Barack Obama's "Victory Speech" that took place in Grant Park, Chicago. This iconic speech took place in front of his supporters, voters, and family. Which Barack Obama was delivering because he had just been elected to become the president of the United States. It was more significant that Obama had succeed because he would be our 1st African American president that understood what it means to work from the bottom up till you reach your goals. Obama has become…

instance, George W. Bush and President Barack Obama in both their first term elections, claim that they would improve America with specific plans. Since Obama was elected after the two terms of Bush, one may compare their approaches for America. Some issues that both Bush and President Obama created plans for were improving education, decreasing taxes, and improving foreign policies.…

America has been a place of hope, and that standard is carried on through a speech, given by Senator Barrack Obama, called The Audacity of Hope. Obama gave this speech as the Keynote address for the 2004 Democratic National Convention. At the time, Democrat John Kerry was running for president against Republican George Bush. This speech served somewhat as an aid to John Kerry 's campaign. It was Obama 's goal to persuade not only the democrats and republicans alike to vote for John Kerry.…

Barack Obama and John F. Kennedy were both candidates and presidents at incredibly pivotal time periods in history. As such they faced a wide range of rhetorical obstacles during their candidacy and time as presidents. A rhetorical obstacle is some outside force that can limit a rhetors’ main purpose or goal. A shared obstacle faced by both candidates was that of identity. Identity becomes an obstacle when a rhetors’ audience does not share “common goals/background, beliefs, values, etc.” (1)…

presidential election, Barack Obama, the first African American candidate to be nominated by a major party, stood in front of hundreds of American citizens in Philadelphia to present his speech “A More Perfect Union”. At this time, Obama was experiencing a political-personal crisis, in which his former pastor Jeremiah Wright had exerted inflammatory language to express views that regarded United States as source of violence and inequality. As a response to the intense media scrutiny, Obama…

everything anyone does is under a microscope, vulnerable to the opinions of absolutely everyone. Though opinions differ, one cannot argue the facts and statistics that prove a clear and obvious point. Barack Obama has had an extremely successful administration thus far, and the numbers prove it. The Obama administration has been the subject of profound amounts of criticism during his two terms, despite being a wholly empathetic and generous President. The administration prevented a second…

On 25 January 2016, Barack Obama’s “Why we must rethink solitary confinement” appeared in the Washington Post. In the article, Obama aims to persuade the readers to act on and improve solitary confinement for the betterment of the society. Solitary confinement is the practice of isolating people in closed cells with no human contact. The period of such confinements can range from days to months, even decades sometimes. Obama uses the techniques of personal anecdote, credible references, and…