Comparing The 80's And The Reagan Administration

Rhetorical Analysis- Ronald Wilson Reagan In Ronald Reagan’s speech The Time of Our Choosing (aka “The Speech”) in his speech he uses emotional, appeals to the plain folk and shows patriotism. Reagan goes into depth by stating that he is greatly appreciated to speak with america. Also addresses how us as a country need to think about what freedom means. Reagan begins his speech with a situation to US citizens how he was standing there humbled by the task we have giving him of being president, how he is grateful for the trust we have giving him to be president of the united states.

Leading up to this speech Reagan’s ideologically had become increasingly conservative. A few years after the speech Reagan was elected as governor of California. Reagan’s popularity and charisma aided him into becoming the 40th president of The United States. Reagan is notoriously known for his ability to influence legislation. During the campaign of 1980 Reagan proposed a massive tax cut of approximately 30 percent.

She uses informal diction to show her relationship between her and the deceased. Thatcher even calls the former president “Ronnie” to reflect on her personal and work relationship with Reagan. She creates a sense of nostalgia through her use of phrases such as “We talked regularly, both before and after his presidency…” She uses glittering adjectives to illustrate her point on how Reagan was a respectable man and how he was selfless for his country.

Kozol’s audience seems to be toward the liberate American during the 1980’s. At the beginning of his essay he mentioned about one of the Founding Father and the president during those times and other things that were happening at that time. Making most of the modern reader like I am feel a little left out since we are not from that time period and understand less of the political references that he seem to be making throughout his writing. Also, the fact that he is trying to inform his audience it seem like the audience that he is aiming toward to is people that did not know about the illiteracy issues. In fact, it will explain his reason of using quotes and stories from the illiterate people as his only evidence of his essay to evoke the reader’s

While Obama 's speech was “Welcoming Remarks” to Prime Minister Cameron of the United Kingdom. While these two speeches had differences they also had many similarities. In addition, the similarities in both of these speeches was what the

Fifty-three years, ten months and eighteen days ago, Eisenhower gave what is now known as one of the most memorable farewell addresses in presidential history, excluding George Washington and his departing speech, to the nation. In this amazing address, Eisenhower expresses fears and warns of deficit spending, the corrupting influence of the military, and the possible corruption of science. In quick overview, this speech seems like a simple farewell to the nation he had served for so many years, but if you dive a little deeper, the meaning is much more multifaceted. After briefly thanking Congress, Ike then delves into the problems he foresees, identifying two main points and sub-points.

As the interview continued, Donald Trump compared himself to former President Ronald Regan, saying that Regan started as a Democrat and eventually became a conservative Republican. " And what I say to people is this: Ronald Reagan. He was a somewhat liberal Democrat, and over the years, he evolved and he became fairly conservative. Not overly, a fairly conservative Republican...

Henry Kissinger is a former United States Secretary of State who served under the Nixon and Ford administrations. While his approach to foreign affairs have been controversial to some, regardless of one’s opinion of his policies, one cannot deny that he is one of the most prominent and influential statesmen of the Cold War. After Jimmy Carter took office in 1976, Kissinger left and took on a more consolatory role in foreign affairs. Since then, he has written a few books, the latest being World Order, from which this Wall Street Journal article is adapted. His premise is that the world order forged during the Cold War and its immediate aftermath is starting to fall apart.

To what extent was the New Deal a significant factor in American history, 1933-1942? The New Deal was a plan that was proposed by President Roosevelt when he came to power in 1932 just after the great depression of the USA. His plan was aimed at addressing America 's economic, political and social problems. It did fix some of the problems that the USA had, however there were still many things that did not significantly change when President Roosevelt was in power.

Since the dawn of the scientific revolution, historical advances has been made for the pursuit of a finer and a stronger understanding of life. But, not all advancements has benefited our society. Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower addressed concerns regarding these developments in his “Farewell Address” speech. As his final speech as president, he leaves his audience with a message that may have shocked some listeners. Not to mention he also gave his thoughts on how we should go about solving our issues as a nation.

Some may be wondering why that is, but look at our rulers. Looking over the past Presidential reigns, we haven’t had a solid president since Reagan! Watching the recent Presidential debate, I was paying close attention to which president mentioned America’s past problems, where we went wrong, and how to avoid those problems again. Marco Rubio was the only one stood out to me, because he mentioned the Iran-Contra affairs and how our leaders could have took certain actions to prevent the whole scandal. I only mention the

Ronald Reagan had an advantage when dealing with the media thanks to acting. Most Americans during the time of the Reagan presidency received news via television. Edel (1992) noted Reagan was “especially effective” on television, and he rarely let “inquiring reporters or other distractions” phase him. He knew “every trick in the cameraman’s book” and was able to use it to his advantage in his presidency (p.263). Reagan was always camera ready making him look personable, cheerful, and in control on the television.

Margaret Thatcher Eulogy Literary Devises On June 11th 2004 Margaret Thatcher who use to be the former prime minister of Great Britain gave a eulogy on United States former President Ronald Reagan. Margret Thatcher speaks of four aspects of character about President Reagan. She describes him as Cheerful, Graceful, a firm leader, and hopeful for the future of the world and Russia. Margaret Thatcher described President Reagan in all these ways using many literary and Rhetorical devises here are them.

Racial Profiling” as it’s known today was started in 1980’s under President Ronald Reagans’ “War on Drugs” (a war Reagan declared while drug use and crimes were both on the decline (4). Regan’s “War on Drugs” was a partisan show of force that he, Bush Senior and Junior and subsequent Presidents used to try and convenience people they were concerned with public safety and American citizens who had fallen victim to crimes committed by drug users and drug dealers. (Even, while it was widely reported Ronald Reagans’ son, Ronnie junior and former President George Bush Senior’s son, former President George Bush Junior were both smoking weed and snorting cocaine (4). While the “War on Drugs” was based on political motives, (that is not the full story) as the “war on drugs” in hindsight proved itself to be a social containment strategy and ultimately a “war” on black and brown surplus people ().

In order for America to afford the tax cuts and increase in defense spending, Regan reduced spending on important welfare and social programs, which only increased poverty in America and widened the gap between the rich and the poor. An example of a welfare program which Reagan reduced support towards, was food-stamps. In 1983, Reagan cut down the outlay on food stamps from $11.8 million to $9.6 billion, and the cuts would continue to be about $2-3 billion yearly for the rest of his presidency (Danziger, n.d). Bill Moyers, a former press secretary of the White House said that the cuts in food stamps are “putting people into a 1981 version of the bread line (Hayward, 2010).”