INTRODUCTON -Attention Getter: Have you ever wondered what the punishment would be for an animal if it killed a human being? Should it be given a death penalty like human murderers in fear that it would kill again? Should it be deemed a simple accident? People living in Kingsport, Tennessee had to make this decision in 1916 when a 5 ton elephant killed her trainer. -Statement of Purpose: In this speech I am going to tell you the story of Murderous Mary and the day the hung the elephant.
My Grandfather, a die hard Democratic, believes that Bill Clinton was the best president we have ever had, but he thought maybe Mr. Clinton came out a little arrogant. Again, I was curious as to what he could be talking about. So I read an article in the New York Times, Campaign Collapse, When Destiny Failed, Peter Baker and Jim Rutenberg describe a situation where President Clinton was found yelling at campaign personnel. In this situation Senator Clinton had just lost the primary in North Carolina and they were waiting for results of the Indiana Primary, when a vote counting delay threatened her opportunity to give a primetime victory speech. President Clinton was yelling
When evaluating the arguments raised on both sides it I believe that the Electoral College should be replaced by a national popular vote. An argument that exposes the weakness of the Electoral College and why it should be replaced by a national popular vote is because the ‘winner takes all’ system distorts the results of the elections. There have been various results in which the popular vote did not reflect the results of the Presidential election. A notorious example of how distorted results can be under the Electoral College is that of Bush and Al Gore in 2000. Though Al Gore won the popular vote by 48.4% Bush won the votes of the Electoral College which resulted in him winning the Presidential election.
Johnathan Gahagan March 18, 2013 Claiming Sanity (10) When claiming your sanity in the opening sentences of your new encounter with another person you just know there is going to be a mental illness along the lines or a distraction from reality of some sort. The man from “The Black Cat” had serious issues with a bunch of different things mainly with his drinking problem, mood swings, and his need for retaliation. He marries at a young age and introduces his wife to all of the pets he has. He has birds, goldfish, a dog, rabbits, and a monkey, but singles out a large and beautiful black cat, named Pluto, because it’s his favorite. He chooses cats over fellow men because they serve him a better friendship.
In the election of 1796, Jefferson was the favorite of Democratic-Republican opponents of the Washington administration. He came in second to Federalist John Adams in electoral college votes and became Adams's vice president. In 1800, however, the political tide had turned against the Federalist Party of Adams and Hamilton. After a bitterly contested election, a tie vote in the electoral college, and a protracted deadlock in the House of Representatives, Jefferson finally emerged as the winner—thanks, in part, to the three-fifths clause of the Constitution, which gave states with large slave populations additional votes. In his inaugural address, Jefferson pled for national unity in an attempt to heal the wounds of a vicious campaign and to gain support from the Federalist-controlled Congress.
The organization also publishes a monthly magazine known as the "Multinational Monitor." In 2001, Ralph Nader started up another non-profit organization known as Democracy Rising. This organization was dedicated to ending the War in Iraq, and bringing the troops back to America. The political opinions that Ralph Nader is so well known for would make him one of the highest rated presidents that America has ever seen. In his 2000 bid for the presidency Ralph Nader campaigned against the corporate powers dominance in the political landscape as well as the need for change in the manner of how presidential races are held.
Wilsonian Progressivism at Home and Abroad In the elections of 1912 the republican candidates, Roosevelt and Taft split the Republican Party. With this the democrats had a bigger chance to win the elections, and they nominated Dr. Woodrow Wilson. The Democracies planed a new program called “New Freedom” which would include many progressive reforms. Whereas Roosevelt had a program called “New Nationalism” in mind. These two projects became the key issues of the elections.
A Presidential election was held in the year of 1972 in the United States. “The Presidential trip makes sense only if it is to serve the purpose of its domestic electoral impact.”12 Meaning, the president’s reasoning behind the trip is to get votes in the presidential election in November. To boost his credibility he broke twenty two years of policy and fear to impress upon the people of the United States that he was “a master of foreign policy”13 and the right man for the job. Nixon’s “dramatic and heroic decision” was publicized even more through television. The “drama” of the visit created hype as never seen before.14 The American people believed in the sentimentality of the trip.15 They really thought that this trip would change the course of the whole world forever, which needless to say, it was not.
It has been nationally and internationally proclaimed that the United States presidential election of 2008 was a historical election. The election can be considered historical for many reasons, most notably because the first African American president was elected. However, on a grander scale, the election of 2008 has brought about a significant party realignment with a powerful Democrat Party now dominating the fallen Republican Party. Conservatives, whose traditional stance is against change, found themselves voting for a very liberal candidate campaigning for change, Barack Obama. Barack Obama’s ability to garner many voters from the Republican Party, particularly conservatives, caused his landslide win in the presidential election and reflects the current shifting of party loyalties in the American political landscape.
When he entered office he was dealing with a spit party, and several unclaimed member who were angry with the Democratic Party. Eisenhower was forced to handle the task of doing the best for our country and trying to keep his party pure. Eisenhower was clear successes due in part to his moderate foreign policies, and he successfully ended the Korean War. In 1960 however, the Republicans would lose the presidency again to the young democrat, John F. Kennedy. In a book by Robert Rutland he said that this was when change was bound to strike the party.