THE RHETORICAL FAILURE OF JIMMY CARTER AS PRESIDENT: An Analysis of the impact Carter’s inaugural discourse had on his presidency Alexandra Eichner January 5th, 2009 Professor Eisenhower Communications 395 INTRODUCTION: Every occasion in which the President speaks directly to his people is an occasion to be remembered, as it is these moments that define the rhetoric of the presidency. It is difficult to articulate the power of presidential rhetoric, and the subsequent impact that discourse can have on effective presidential leadership. However, the title of Campbell and Jamieson’s book, “Presidents Creating the Presidency: Deeds Done in Words,” offers some meaningful insight into the power of presidential discourse. Accordingly, this paper will attempt to use the presidential inaugural address as a concrete example firstly, of how a president uses words to create his presidency, and secondly, of how instrumental those words can be in determining the success or failure of a president. More specifically, this paper will examine the rhetoric of President Jimmy Carter, and the effect his discourse ultimately had on his time in the White House.
But he did start of his speech by saying that the oath has been taken by a lot of the presidents, but some of those presidents have come into office, when this country was in need of some change and new solutions. This makes the listener and or readers wonder, is our country is trouble, what are the problems and how will this president solve the problems. The audience is curious about the problems that the president might address and what might be the solutions to those problems. There are three rhetorical appeals that show up in this speech, Ethos, Pathos and Logos. These three appeals make the speech livelier and let the listener or reader connect with the speaker.
These images are created to attract a specific audience whether it is athletes, politicians, chefs, etc. And the purpose is to generate a bunch of opinions. By analyzing this image, I understood that the intended audiences are politicians, and anyone that is interested in what is going on with our government, and other problems that are going on in the world. The purpose of this image is to show the amount of pressure that Obama will face, as he becomes to the new president. And the series of problems that America will face.
I worked individually on my paper to research the topic of the war in Iraq and more specifically, President Bush’s policy on this topic. My initial intended focus for my research started with the presidential election debates during 2004 but was redirected to the current President’s policy on the war in Iraq. This transition was, in large part, due to my reading from Fiasco.
Langston also takes note of the interaction between all players in the policy process. The role of the public and the press is always considered in the “civil part of the civil-military relations. Body In the beginning of the book, Uneasy Balance has a hard understand on where Langston is going about his discussions. It was not clear to me who the civilian party is during the civil-military relation conflicts. I was not sure if that civilian party was congress leaders or actual civilians that did not understand the role of the military during wartime and peacetime.
To make his speech clearer to the audience, he defined his duty to persevere, as to make every possible effort to complete the term of office to which the Americans at that time elected him. Other than that, he described his decisions during the term of his office, including his resignation, were all made in what he believed to be the best interests of the American nation. In addition, President Nixon also compared himself before and after the Watergate incident. He strongly believed that there was no longer a valid reason to continue his term of office after the Watergate incident, as he somehow lost the trust from the people of United States and the Congress. As another example for comparison, he stated that the people in Asia, in Africa, in
In the speech, “Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People” Bush’s overall purpose was to not only inform the United States on the attacks on the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon but to give the Nation a plan of action. On September 11th, 2001 America was attacked by a group of terrorist know as al Qaeda. Bush states “Tonight we are a country awakened to danger and called to defend freedom. Our grief has turned to anger, and anger to resolution.” (52). He
Clinton emotionally connects with his audiences throughout both speeches by using analogies and humor. In “Misled”, Clinton uses the analogy, “I was also very concerned about protecting my family” to compare himself to the average American dad or husband. He used this to show that just like his audience he is only human, and to set a sympathetic tone. He tries to make the audience aware of the struggle and pressure that he has endured as a president, husband, and father. He attempts to make the audience relate to him by using this analogy so that they will feel sympathetic for him, and hopefully accept his apology.
This is similar to the White House staff which is at the disposal of the US President. * Growing importance of the media in politics has contributed a greater concentration on the individual holder of office and portrays him as an individual spokesperson. Eg. Filming the prime minister giving statements outside 10 Downing Street, PM question time, these all indicate towards the notion of the prime minister as an individual * The growing importance of foreign and military affairs, which are dominated by the prime minister, has contributed to the presidential feel for the office. When the prime minister has to negotiate foreign powers and attend international conferences he appears presidential, this
President Obama had to use the Epideictic Style because it is required in formal events such as openings, closings anniversaries, political occasions and it can deal with everything from excellence to shame. The President's style could be also described as sociopragmatic since as we discussed in class sociopragmatic is when using the words without offending people and Mr. Obama was succesful in doing that. Barack Obama's Inagural Address tried to show honesty, confidence, optimish, power and also offering help to the world. In paragraph 1 and 2 he thanked Mr. Bush and showed respect to him regardless of the fact that he does not agree with him. By thanking Mr. Bush he shows that he will show respect to every single American.