Both candidates were in favor of continuing the war on Iraq. Many Americans believed money and military presence should be focused within our borders. Another reason that Americans support a third party deals with the competitive nature of the political arena. Some feel that both Democrats and Republicans aim to win the race, not to solve problems. Many Americans blame third parties for the lack of voter turnout.
Assess the factors that determined the outcome of the 2008 Presidential election. (45) The 2008 Presidential election will go down in history which was watched by the whole world. For the Democratic Party, the choice was a black candidate called Barack Obama who had a magnificent aura and style about him, and for the Republican party, a no nonsense war hero in the form of John McCain. The outcome resulted in Barack Obama being inaugurated as the 44th President and the first Black American to become President with 52.9% of the vote whom many citizens hailed as the man who would help get them out of the recession. There were many factors throughout the election which had an impact which I will explain below.
Was the Labour 1945 election win a forgone conclusion. There are many different opinions as to why Labour won the nineteen fourteen five general election. A large amount of the opinion that the election was over even before it had begun however i do not think that this is true. In my opinion the main reason for Labour winning the 1945 election was not thorough the skill of the Labour and certainly not through the skill of their campaign of Atlee himself it was through the conservatives and in particular Winston Churchill shooting himself in the foot.The conservatives made many errors however the biggest of these was the comment than Winston Churchill made on the 4th of june 1945 in which he spoke about how no socialist government come survive without a Gestapo type presence, whether or not this is true this was not a quote which was thought through in anyway by the prime minister at the time or by any of his advisors the United Kingdom was just coming out of a long and hard war in which British propaganda had made the Gestapo out to be the ultimate enemy. For this reason the Gestapo was not something that the British people were very sympathetic towards and Winston Churchill by using this in is his speech made a large amount of the British people reconsider their views on him and it was around this time that the British people started to see Atlee as a serious option to lead the country.
Thesis Statement: President Barack Obama is not the best choice for President of the United States due to the fact he is pro war, he does not put the American people’s needs first, and he is a liar. The president of the United States, What comes to your mind when you picture the person that is running our country? I picture an honest, person, with honor and integrity, compassion and a firm hand in giving the American People the best he can. The President should be doing things to better American people and America itself for that matter. I do believe that the current President, Barack H. Obama, is not the best choice for the American people.
The Articles of Confederation were created as a new central government form after the American Revolution. The Articles still consisted of problems, specifically financial ones. Hamilton proposed a plan that would put U.S. finances on a stable foundation. He planned to lower national debt and strengthen the national credit because he believed that "a national debt was a national blessing". However, some people, such as Jefferson and small farmers opposed his ideas, because they believed in states' rights and a strict interpretation of the constitution, which led to the split of two different political parties.
I could blame the defeat which would have been the result of my action on him and come out as Peacemaker…But I had a greater obligation than to think only of the years of my administration and of the next election. I had to think of the effect of my decision on the next generation and on the future of peace and freedom in America and in the world.” However, this idealistic standpoint was mere propaganda. In private, President Nixon would favour a more militant and aggressive approach. This contradictory position not only exposed Nixon’s vulnerability to public opinion, but also his disillusion and misunderstanding of the complexities of such a war. It is imperative to understand the factors which influenced President Nixon’s strategies and decision making during the Vietnam War.
Conservative Charles Krauthammer uses parallel structure and figurative language to compare an Obama and Romney presidency. Frank Rich uses diction and ethos to present Romney as a bad person who should not be allowed the presidency. Conservative Ross Douthat’s column talks about the changing demographics of America and how it was part of the reason why the Republicans didn’t win the popular votes. In this column Douthat uses parallel structure by comparing Republicans constituencies and Democratic-leaning constituencies. This establishes ethos because he portrays the Republicans as well-to-do people who go to church regularly while he refers to the Democrats as unchurched and recent immigrants.
There were several factors that created this general distrust. One of these factors included America’s continued presence in Vietnam when funding was out of the country’s budget. On top of warfare spending, President Johnson implemented and Congress supported a number of much needed domestic programs such as Medicare, Medicaid, and Federal Education spending (“Great Society,” 2009). However, as taxes were not raised to help support these new programs, President Johnson’s Great Society agenda resulted in inflation and an incredible contribution to the federal debt. Another event that impacted the public’s view of government dishonesty during this time was President Nixon’s involvement with the infamous Watergate scandal which eventually led to his resignation on August 9, 1974.
The American political culture changed dramatically from 2004 to 2008. The 2000 election was not without turmoil. As many American's remember the Florida recounts as well as the Supreme Court's ruling was the deciding factor granting George W. Bush election and four years as our President. This contributed to many American's, particularly African American's pivotal role in the 2008 election of our first African American President, Barack Obama. The political climate mirrored that of the American people's views of where our country was headed.
These protestors argued that there were not enough reasons to justify an invasion of Iraq. The same argument can be applied to American involvement in many other affairs today, such as its debated intervention in the Syrian Civil War and the Russo-Ukrainian conflict. When should deciding the fate of a foreign country be justified? The answer is to determine how the people living in the country will be affected. Many historical events, especially the conflicts in World War II, have shown when foreign invasions have been justified, and when they have not.