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Donald Trump: Why?

The advertisement “Why?” paid for by Donald J. Trump for President intrigued me because i wanted to chose an add that showed an attack against Clinton. I chose it because i have seen so many videos attacking Trump and i wanted to see a different point of view. This advertisement is a mixture of both logos and ethos. The ad starts with a general question that Hilary made during a speech which was, “Why am i not 50 points ahead?”. Throughout the ad the voiceover gives several facts and reason for why she isn’t, like saying that the FBI director said that their was classified information in the emails and her policies made ISIS. It is ethos because the reasons that it is giving for why Hillary isn’t up by 50 points bring up morale questions. For example can she delete and and speak about classified material on a private server, can she call half of Tump supported deplorable. This rhetoric is supposed to be a attack on Clinton. It is meant to put her in a bad light. The intended audience of this advertisement i feel is toward maybe the undecided voters. The language used in the video is very strong in trying to get the audience to understand the bad things that secratery has done and said. The language used it appropriate for the reality of its situation. The language is depicting true events that occurred. The advertisement is being truthful and construing facts whatsoever. I think that this piece of rhetoric was actually quite effective. It really brought some very important facts to consider when voting for Hillary Clinton. The central them of the ad was explains why she isn’t 50 points ahead, and it did a good job gathering good, truthful evidence. I personally agreed with the ad and found it to be very effective. It definitely reinforced my image of Hillary clinton. Although is did bring up second thoughts it still didnt take away the wrongs of Trump.

https://newrepublic.com/political-ad-database/donald-trump-why/OS8zMC8xNjpXaHk

Political Rhetoric – Dangerous

In one of Donald Trump’s ad, the voice over states the current foreign threats we face as Americans. The opening statement, “Our next president faces daunting challenges in a dangerous world” is without a doubt true. As our next president steps into office they will be immediately facing threats from other countries and current enemies. I Chose this ad because it was very factual and relatable to the current problem our next president faces.

The ad attacks Hilary as it also indirectly supports Trump. The ad sites that Clinton has failed multiple times as the secretary of state to protect American from International threats. The ad pleads to the audience, which is the general public that is voting specifically in battle ground states,  to not let her fail us again. It also goes on to say that she doesn’t have the fortitude, strength, or stamina to lead in our world. The stamina part was a big focus in the first debate as Trump was questioned as to what he means by that.

The use of logos is evident in the ad. Trump’s campaign has created logical evidence that we should not vote for Hilary because she is already a failure. Their is not much thought needed to be put behind these ideas and the ad can be effective. I personally found the ad effective as it is short but gets right to the point. Although it won’t change voters decisions immediately it is definitely beneficial to Trump.

https://youtu.be/WTylz2WToXw

Role Models

https://newrepublic.com/political-ad-database/hillary-clinton-role-models/Ny83LzE2OlJvbGUgTW9kZWxz

I chose to do a rhetorical analysis on this video because I felt that it was really moving. This video focuses on Donald Trump and shows how he is a bad candidate for the president of the Unites States. It does so by including snippets of his crude and inappropriate comments and the image of young children watching him. It is very obvious that the audience that this is intended for are voters who are also parents. It is clearly showing that as a parent, a chid should not look up to someone as hateful as him.

This anti-Trump ad works using both pathos and ethos. Pathos is used to evoke an emotional response from the audience and this ad does so. By including certain quotes from him and young children viewing it, it really shows how inappropriate it is. This evokes an emotional response from parents who do not want their children to look up to this. Ethos is the idea of mobilizing the audience’s sense of right and wrong. This ad really shows that it is obviously wrong to see a role model in Donald Trump. It does not necessarily “right” to see one in Hillary Clinton, according to this video, but it is very clearly anti-Trump.

I think it is interesting to note that a lot of the ads in this election have been very fast-paced. This particular video, however, is not as fast-paced as the others. I think it is because most other videos appeal to a younger demographic, while this one appeals to an older generation amongst those who are parents. It is also important to note the language used by Trump and the language used by Clinton. This video features quotes from Trump in which he is clearly inappropriate, while Clinton’s dialogue is much more appropriate.

Overall, I think this video was very effective. This presidency has been very comedic, because it is ridiculous that we have someone like Donald Trump in the running to be the president. It gets very serious when you actually think that someone like him could be the president of the United States. This video really makes people think, this is who kids are going to be look up to. It sends a very strong message regarding what kind of person should be the president, someone who can be a role model for all the children of the US.

 

Political Rhetoric

https://newrepublic.com/political-ad-database/hillary-clinton-hat/OC8yNy8xNjpIYXQ

The campaign rhetoric I chose to write about is Hillary Clinton’s advertisement titled “Hat”. The visual advertisement calls Trump out on his slogan, “Make America Great Again” by using his products against him. When Trump continually talks about how jobs are being outsourced to outside nations at a cheaper rate, he forgets that he is also a business man who cares only about profits for his business. His products are all created in outside nations. His shirts are made in Bangladesh, his ties in China, and his suits in Mexico. So by definition, he is just a hypocrite that people do not research because he says what the average American thinks but is too afraid to say.

The ad itself is a logos speech, shown by the comparison of Trump’s statements of job outsourcing and what he actually does. I actually think this is a really effective way of persuasion because it shows that Trump is not loyal to what he says, it backs the people who call him out of flip-flopping on his statements. Now if he were to remain loyal to his statements of outside countries stealing the American peoples jobs, I believe he would have to discontinue some of his products due to being unable to exploit workers in the United States for lower wages which would hurt him business wise.

I am not a supporter of either candidate, but I do believe that this ad is highly effective in attacking the other. What I believe Clinton gains as a result of this advertisement are more media and press questioning him about his statement and how his businesses operate regarding his standings when it comes to job outsourcing.

Rhetoric

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WTylz2WToXw

Donald Trumps ad called dangerous show us a video of military organizations all around the world on the rise and shows us Hillary Clinton not being able to stand up straight without the help of others. While in the background there is a speaker telling us Hillary has failed at being a secretary, doesn’t have the fortitude, strength, or stamina, and she should not be allowed to lead us.

This video uses logos especially when the voice talks about Iran promoting violence, North Korea threatening, and ISIS being on the rise. This is logos because is uses logic and facts that are true. These are real threats that the next president has to possibly deal with. Furthermore the video uses ethos because it shows her not being able to stand up right and her coughing. By showing us this, the video is trying to say it would be wrong to vote for a president who has no “stamina,fortitude, and strength.” Another example of ethos in the video is when the video says “She failed as secretary of state. Don’t let her fail us again.” This is ethos because it would be wrong to vote for somebody who has failed us once. Pathos is also in this video because the president is seen as somebody who is powerful and strong. Showing her at her weakest moments can trigger a emotional response because how can a “weak person”  lead us.

The rhetoric is this video is directly targeted towards Clinton supporters. Trump is trying to show her supporters her weakness to lead a nation will fail us. The rhetoric is this video is trying show us with the growing dangers a weak president who has failed us once should not be voted for. His attempt to persuade voters to not vote for Clinton in this video is quite pathetic.

 

 

Political Rhetoric – Donald Trump: It Takes Two

There are only two candidates that are able to be elected for president, so the political ads that degrade a candidate, indirectly supports the other. This advertisement degrades Hillary Clinton which may lead votes for her being withdrawn and possibly the votes going to Donald Trump.

The ad shows a tweet by Clinton that states her opinion after an issue related to sexual assault and Bill Cosby. Another issue related to sexual assault and also included a Bill arises, this is when she has another opinion on the issue. Her new opinion contradicts the one she said early, which makes her look like a liar or a bias person. The “two” in the title of this ad refers to the second occurrence of an issue and both occurrences also happen to include a Bill. It takes two of these similar cases of accusations of sexual assault to show that Hillary Clinton will go back on her word and change how she thinks.

Logos is shown because it would be logical to not vote for a liar. Ethos is shown because it seems degrading when Clinton does not stick to her word and her new opinion uses bad language towards a group of women, putting their dignity to shame. It is pathos because we know how it is like when a person changes their mind and doesn’t follow what they say themselves. The ad supports Trump indirectly without Trump’s presence in it by revealing a negative side of Clinton.

https://newrepublic.com/political-ad-database/donald-trump-it-takes-two/Ni8yMy8xNjpJdCBUYWtlcyBUd28

Political Rhetoric

In this particular ad, Hillary Clinton does not appear at all. Instead, there is a voice over of a man and clips of Donald Trump who speaks of the opposite. I chose this ad because of its title, “Just One.” My first thought was that we could only chose one of the candidates, Trump or Clinton, to be our president. Instead, the title really represents that one wrong move could lead to a lot of trouble and distrust.

This ad is ethos as the voice over tells us positive things while Trump is spouting his nonsense and negative comments. For example while the voice over says “In times of crisis, America depends on…And calm judgment” Trump’s voice follows immediately after with “And you can tell them to go f—themselves.” This ad is trying to evoke what is right and wrong and putting Trump in a negative light. Especially with the clips chosen of Trump, the ad is trying to show that Trump is unprofessional and uses poor choice of words. The ad is also logos because nobody would want to vote for an unprofessional candidate who constantly sheds negativity.

This rhetoric is supposed to show the viewers how Trump fails to fall into the qualifications a president is to have. While listing some qualifications, the clips of Trump clearly show that his attitude and tone do not follow it. I think this rhetoric is effective as it states the difference between Trump and past presidents. Clinton obviously wanted to tell voters that Trump does not give off the vibe of what a president should as he uses inappropriate comments and words.

Though I am not really paying much attention to the election, I have heard a lot of the negativity surrounding Trump, especially with his comments on women. The comments he have made is also a wrong move of his. He continually shows his lack of professionalism and any more of these “one wrong move’s” will leave him in an even more unfavorable position.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqpQ4neS68g

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Hillary Clinton’s campaign ad called Mirrors shows girls looking at themselves in the mirror with Donald Trump’s degrading comments about women, such as “she’s a slob”, “she ate like a pig”, and “a person who is flat-chested is hard to be ten,” playing the background. In the ad, an interviewer ask him if he respects women and he responds with “I can’t say that either.” The ad ends with  a question, ” Is this the president we want our daughters?”  I chose this ad because I got enraged from watching Donald  Trump  make such insulting comments towards women. There are so many women in the United States that suffer from anorexia and get bullied for their appearances and this ad highlights the absolute lack of respect Trump has for women.  Also, it is a clever idea of Clinton to  use Trump’s past misogyny against women to put her in a more favorable position. The ad uses all three modes of persuasion to convince the audience.  In terms of logos, it is logical for people to vote for Clinton over a racist and sexist Donald Trump who has no respect for women.  There is pathos evident in the campaign ad. It evokes an emotional response from the audience, especially women who are continuously attacked and mistreated by Trump. For example, after watching this ad I was agitated by Trump’s offensive remarks. The ad sheds negative light on Trump. As for ethos, the ad clearly emphasizes why Donald Trump  should not be president which mobilizes the audience’s sense of right and wrong. The uses of these rhetoric was to convince  people to not vote for Donald Trump. The intended audience is most likely women because the ad  is displaying clips of Trump insulting women. It is also targeting parents because the question asked at the end of the clip is for the parents to decide whether they want their children (daughters) to live under a president who doesn’t have respect for women. I think this piece of rhetoric is effective because it shows Trump demeaning women and most importantly how young girls would feel under a Donald Trump presidency.  It gives a acceptable reason why we should not vote for Donald Trump.

Political Rhetoric

“Do you want a ‘you’re hired’ president in Hillary Clinton or a ‘you’re fired’ president in Donald Trump?” This line was said by the Democratic candidate Tim Kaine during the vice presidential debate. I choose this line because the difference between the two campaigns’ economic policies is clearly delivered. This line has all three modes of persuasion, which are logos, ethos, and pathos. Regarding logos, it is logical for one to choose the “you’re hired” president because job opportunity is important for anyone. It is also ethical, or ethos, to elect a president that will benefit the country by increasing employment rate. In the case of pathos, almost everyone can empathize with the joy of being hired and the grief of being fired. This rhetoric’s intended audience is all the employed and unemployed workers in the United States, especially those in middle and lower class. Kaine is trying to tell them that Hillary Clinton’s plan will create more jobs for them while Donald Trump’s plan will only benefit the upper class. The significance of the language used in this line is the two phrases, “you’re hired” and “you’re fired.” They rhyme with each other and only differ by one letter, yet their meanings are the exact opposite. Kaine’s usage of these two phrases creates a strong impression on the audience and makes a clear distinction between the two candidates’ economic plans that are being described. He also uses these two phrases in the form of a rhetorical question that does not require an answer, it looks like he is offering two options but he is actually suggesting that the only reasonable choice is the first one. I think this piece of rhetoric is very effective since it includes logos, ethos, and pathos. I was amazed by Kaine’s use of language in this line.

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Is the election really rigged?

Prior to the final election that took place on Wednesday, there have been talks about Donald Trump stating that this election is being “rigged” by the democrat party. As Trump puts it in one of his rallies, “…people who dies 10 years are still voting…illegal immigrants are voting…so many cities are corrupt and voter fraud is very, very common”. Donald Trump also goes on to say that the media helped Hillary out in the debates by giving her the debate questions ahead of time and that the moderator used hand signals to communicate with her during the debates.

According to Justin Levitt, a professor at Loyola Law School, there were only 31 known cases of impersonation fraud in one billion votes cast in all US elections between 2000 and 2014. Only 31 out of one billion people were accused of being “voter frauds” and this number just doesn’t add up to justify the statement made by Trump. I don’t think 31 out of one billion is relevant to justify that election has been rigged for the democrat party.

With the whole idea of the media “helping” Hillary during the presidential debates sounds absurd to me. I don’t think the media is stupid enough to do such a thing and definitely not to help out Hillary. I think Hillary doesn’t need that kind of help in this election in order to beat Trump, she can easily beat him without needing help in the debates. To conclude, I don’t agree with Trump when he says that the election is rigged simply because his justification just doesn’t add up.

http://www.bbc.com/news/election-us-2016-37682947

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/10/18/donald-trump-says-the-election-is-rigged-heres-what-his-supporters-think-that-means/