Then Charles Foster Kane died alone. He was destroyed by a lust for power by too much ambition. Kane once told Thatcher years before money led to his downfall: “If I hadn’t been rich, I might have been a really great man.” Although, he was flawed and self-serving, Kane was a very strong man who had power to control American citizens’ thoughts and very wealthy to live in a giant house that looks like a castle with numerous servants, ridiculously expensive statues, and a private zoo. Even when he was a child, Kane was a strong
On the other hand, George W was very scrupulous as a politician. He was elected to two terms and kept his primary campaign promises: he’s cut taxes, brought his version of accountability to elementary education, massively increased funding to the military, and shrunken rights. His core voters strongly aggrandize him, and Republicans control
LBJ VS. JFK Lyndon Johnson was a better president than John F. Kennedy. John F. Kennedy was a man that was all images to my perception and misleads a majority of citizens in the United States of America. He was a man of “good looks” and portrayed a dominant figure in the presidential chair but in reality, he was a president that was just getting by in his presidential tenure. John F. Kennedy was a young rich kid that ran for president and made it. Lyndon Johnson had more experience with poverty because he came from a poor family.
Inexplicably, this move strikes a chord with the debate audience and sparks support that culminated with Dobbs winning all the states where he is on the ballot. By an amazing coincidence, they carry just enough electoral votes to allow him to win the election. Thankfully, it turns out that there is more to Dobbs’s victory than meets the eye; it was actually the result of a flaw in the software in the new electronic voting machines that were being used for the first time. Instead of correcting the mistake in the first place, a high-ranking executive instead decides to fire and discredit Eleanor, the employee who noticed the flaw weeks before and who has threatened to go public. After Eleanor finally figures out what the flaw was (the company fires her, pumps her with drugs and otherwise destroys her good name), she makes it to Washington to inform Dobbs that his election was a sham, leaving him in the awkward position of
Jeff Watson 17 February 2012 HIST 1061 TA: Kyle English Caius Gracchus: Rabble Rouser or Social Reformer? Throughout history, one of the main questions surrounding the legacies of great politicians is what their true motives were. Were they principally concerned with the common good of their constituents, or were they power hungry, bent on doing whatever they could to obtain popularity? This is the dilemma that surrounds the legacy of Caius Gracchus, a politician who served in the Roman government during the second century BCE. Considered a man of the people, Caius enacted many public works and laws aimed at benefitting the common man.
One cannot be sure how to exactly judge a president on how well or not he did in his terms as president. Do you judge the character or the things done whether good or bad? For someone like President John F. Kennedy do you judge him on the things he did or simply by the fact that his last name Kennedy had already been so famous before he even stepped in office? But he did make significance by himself too and not only that but ones that still are in affect today. But did the short life of this young president effect the future and what could have been if he was not shot and killed?
Checkers Essay Richard Nixon gave this speech in an attempt to convince the American people that he should remain on the Republican ticket as the Vice Presidential candidate. At the time, he was the target of a smear campaign over the 18,000 dollars that he received. This was the first speech in which an American politician did not deny the claim against him or just completely ignore it. The speech did a good job of explaining Nixon’s argument as well as providing the American people with evidence of his position. Richard Nixon is a credible writer because he writes facts about himself and others that can be verified.
Kennedy was great with his military strategies, and worked with his economy. During the election of 1960, there was a televised debate which was between Kennedy and Nixon. Kennedy was more experienced in debating and he was believed to be better than Nixon on the television debate, for Nixon appeared to be conceded and nervous, and the people watching said he was copiously sweating and this made him seem nervous. But then
(The Right Man for the Right Job). His cabinet consisted of eight business men and one labor leader which some called, "Eight millionaires and a plumber." Dwight’s grasp on The American Dream and power, has Eisenhower being seen as a great man and winning his second term by 57.6% of the popular vote. Due to Eisenhower expanding on New Deal Programs, he was able to express his executive power and create new additions to the Government. This is the supremacy of power for most however for Eisenhower this was only the beginning.
Lincoln was often criticized when he was President and even labeled as a tyrant for his flagrant ways by the Democrats (History Channel). After his assassination he was honored for his civil liberties and became to be known as a very tolerant President and did the best to run his country in the most humble and honorable manner. Today, we find that President Lincoln’s assassination was a loss for the country despite the respect and acknowledgement he received that was not given to him while he was in office. It’s a shame that America did not see how he truly cared about each person who lived in the United States of America and wanted nothing but the best for the country and those living in it such as the slaves in which he helped to gain civil rights for during the Civil War. “When a man contributes something of vast importance to a nation, he is set above others and revered” (Schwartz 29), one great man and President who defines that phrase is President Abraham Lincoln, who was taken from the nation way too soon and is the President I most admire and that is admired and modeled by many politicians and citizens of this glorious nation.