Liberal Party

Chapter seven is titled “Waging War on Civilians” (171). This chapter talks about the rules of war, targeting civilians, Sherman, and Sheridan’s burning of the Shenandoah Valley (174, 176, 180, 195). In the beginning of this chapter, DiLorenzo discusses what is considered a war crime and describes how it can be punishable to imprisonment or even death (174).One rule of war was that the fight is to be between soldiers and not include civilians; however, Lincoln had been waging war on civilians…

Hochschild’s book, Strangers in their Own Land, demonstrates the sharp division prevalent in today’s society between all of the political parties that define American government. Hochschild poses questions and thought-provoking ideas when interviewing individuals with differing lifestyles and beliefs. Hochschild puts on many hats in this book, when playing a third-party interviewer, a Berkeley professor, a sociologist, and a curious bystander. Hochschild’s motives for writing this book…

15th amendments which granted equality and the rights to vote to all citizens. The Negroes then began the formation of their own Republican party. This greatly angered the whites and caused even more hatred to arise throughout the already enraged south. In response the whites regrouped the Democrats and sought to destroy the Negroes and their newly formed party. Although the main restriction of African Americans was the ability to vote, it was not the only one. The whites also prohibited the…

Willard Mitt Romney, former Governor of Massachusetts, made a play for the Republican Party Ticket for both the 2008 and 2012 Presidential Election 1. While he was successful in 2012, he was not in 2008. The speech I decided to analyze, Faith in America, delivered on December 6, 2007[2], in Texas, was a time when Mitt Romney was trying to come off as a very family and faith-oriented candidate. Romney, like any other presidential hopeful, came across as many different identities in his speech,…

Hard, Party Hard- The Life of Charles Wilson Charles Nesbitt Wilson is a man most famously commended for his involvement in the Soviet Union’s withdrawal form Afghanistan in the 1980’s. He was a man that achieved political success early on in life and utilized this to shape the entire future of the Middle East, specifically in Afghanistan. Aside from his success in this area, Charlie was a man that suffered from severe alcohol abuse. He led an extravagant life filled with women and…

Truman, Thomas E. Dewey, J.Strom Thurmond, and Henry Wallace. The parties that were included were Democrats, Republicans, States’ Rights which were also known as Dixiecrats, and Progressives. All of the other candidates parties really wanted Truman out of office, but he fought hard and ignored them and came to be the 33th President…

presidency. During Obama first two years in office, He and the Democratic party had control of the white house. The Democratic allies in Congress had a decent amount of policy accomplishment the economic stimulus, bringing the financial system back from the brink of collapse, rescuing automakers, universal health care, sweeping reform of financial regulation,…

candidate that would eventually go on to influence the rest of the 20th Century. “A Time for Choosing” is an effective rhetorical argument in persuading the audience that conservative views were the answer to the nation’s struggles rather than the liberal big government so pervasive at that time and that Reagan was a serious champion of those conservative…

There are four major groups of theories about the recent party realignment of the South. These theories focus on race class; ideology; religion/culture; and party development. Studies utilizing all four explanations focus on changes in partisanship. Partisanship can be thought of as a voter’s political brand preference. Ultimately, each of these theories seeks to explain why people change their partisanship. Theories that Focus on Race Many theories of southern political change focus on race.…

I thought all of the Democrats were good, except for one, Senator Webb. The story behind Webb is that he was a liberal republican until he claimed to be kicked out of that party. Webb then joined the Independent party and is now a democrat. Webb was so annoying and unprofessional throughout the whole thing. It was probably better off if he didn’t actually joined the debate. He kept interrupting and kept asking for…