John McCain

Research Paper #2 American politics, a wide array of differing opinions, making the very mention of its name controversial at best, and relationship-ruining at worst. In this day and age, with such a wash of information, it can be difficult to distinguish truth from fiction in regards to each parties’ views and points of interest. Each has stances that are intrinsic to them, and all of them have their flaws. This paper will discuss the most prominent of the parties, their candidates, and the…

The upcoming presidential election has been described as a great many things. but among the top are "crazy" and a "bad joke." In fact, there are only 2 words out of the top 20 that have a positive connotation (Fig. 1). Within the article titled "Can Donald Trump turn Texas blue?" which was originally published in one of The Economists online blogs, Democracy in America, a claim is made that, at first glance, seems as obscure as this election cycle: Hillary Clinton and the Democratic Party may be…

"Can They Slop Themselves?" Reason 47.3 (2015): 30. MasterFILE Complete. Web. 5 Feb. 2016. This article addresses which, if any, of the 2016 presidential candidates will cut government budgets. All of the candidates have fairly different ways that he or she plans to approach this problem. One candidate says that if we cut all departments spending by 10%, over the course of several years the United States’ situation would be much better than it is now. Some of the candidates have said they are…

At the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Current Senatorial candidate, Barack Obama delivered the Keynote speech. In the speech, Obama introduces John Kerry as the Democratic Candidate to run against the incumbent President, George W. Bush. Obama delivers this speech to rally his fellow democrats to stand behind John Kerry and his running mate, John Edwards, to meet the incredibly difficult task of beating a Presidential incumbent in their second bid for office. In order to achieve the…

Phase I As a child and up until I was a young man, I was raised in a family with a Presbyterian background. My father was a preacher, and it is of my opinion, you could say he taught hell, fire, and brimstone. My political back ground was scarce, but when discussed was that of Republican. I grew up in a small West Texas town in the mist of the Bible-belt. We were a very poor family, and as a child my father enforced the concept of being conservative and appreciating the gifts that were…

Lisa Benson is a somewhat well known political cartoonist and radio show host. This cartoon has been posted and reposted across multiple websites and shared numerous times over social media. Like her other cartoons, it has no original source or website that it was posted to. On the surface, there are several babies sitting at the feet of a very disgruntled gorilla. From the imagery it is concluded that it is supposed to be a gorilla enclosure or exhibit. The words ‘NATIONAL DEBT’ are printed on…

State debate was held in Boise the March 12 and 13 Qualifying for State has already been held at BHS. Nationals are going to be held June 12-19. In those qualifiers for state there was Dale Shanklin, Brennan Summers, Dayne Sorensen, Hailey Ogden, Scott call, all in Lincoln-Douglas. Jakob Meng/Parker Nielson, Tegan Downs/ Mike Watson, Kylie Reynolds/Aaron Wilson, all in Policy. And Samantha Gardner and Dawson Hall in Public forum. In those qualifiers for Nationals the policy team is Parker…

In 2008, there was a historical presidential race taking place between Barack Obama and John McCain. John McCain was a seventy-two year old Republican, who's campaign became extremely difficult because his running mate Sarah Palin was oblivious when it came to foreign or domestic policy, in addition to the 2008 Republican President's low approval rating and the financial crisis. Eventually, as the race dwelled on, Obama won the hearts of voters. “Obama carried not only Democratic strongholds in…

In the following, Barack Obama´s victory speech, which was held in November 2012 after being re-elected as President of the United States of America, will be analysed. Generally, one can say that Obama sends a message of shared values and hopes by using rhetorical devices and structuring his line of arguments in a way that establishes a connection and a feeling of togetherness and involvement in his actions in the audience, for example by the usage of pronouns like “we”. Now, a closer look will…

Following the assassination of John F. Kennedy, Vice president Lyndon B. Johnson was transitioned into office to finish out Kennedy’s term. At this point in time, Republican and Democratic parties began campaigning for the upcoming 1964 election. The Republican nominee opposing Lyndon B. Johnson was past 5 term senator Barry Goldwater. As part of Goldwater’s campaign, future president Ronald Reagan gave a speech on national television that raised over 8 million dollars. This would come to be…