Presidential nominee, Hillary Rodham Clinton, in a recent speech at a private fundraising event geared toward LGBT rights supporters, addressed her political opponent, Donald J. Trump and his supporters. The fundraiser was hosted by singer and actress, Barbra Streisand and her wealthy counterparts. The former Secretary of State argued that half of Donald Trump’s supporters can be put into a “basket of deplorable” and alluded that the other half are simply anti-government. Clinton supported her assertion by using logical fallacies by making hasty generalizations, faulty cause and effect, and bandwagon appeals. She also solidified her reasoning by stating, the supporters in the “basket of deplorable” are racists, sexists, xenophobic, and many …show more content…
In the third paragraph, Hillary Clinton appealed to the emotions of her audience by using the fallacy of ad misericordiam, which appeals to pity, while describing the treatment of LGBT youth in the inner city and suburbs. The presidential nominee argued, “You can get married on Saturday, post your pictures on Sunday and get fired on Monday. That's why we've got to continue the forward march of progress” (para. 5). That is an example of Clinton making a hasty generalization. She informed her audience of an isolated case and presented it as normal, recurring event. The majority of Clinton’s sixth paragraph employed the fallacy of ad populum. She only explained her plans for office as it pertained to her audience. Her audience was at a fundraiser for leaders and supporters of LGBT rights, thus she only explained her plans to uplift the LGBT community and nothing else. Clinton used the bandwagon appeal to refer to Donald Trump’s supporters when she called to put half of them in a group called the “basket of deplorables” (para. 7). Donald Trump’s supporters are often the subject of attention because of their colorful tactics and Hillary Clinton tried to cash in on that. Lastly, the Democratic presidential nominee also employed the logical fallacy of faulty cause and effect. It is evident when she said, “We will win if people turn out to vote. There is no doubt in my mind that we will win” (para. 10). Hillary Clinton is trying to …show more content…
She has lost all credibility due to recent scandals. I believe she is unfit to become president, both physically and politically. Although FDR was ill as president and propelled the nation in a desperate time, we as a country are not desperate enough to elect a president that is not healthy. She may be the candidate with more political experience, but with recent revelations about the Clintons, it makes her the worse candidate. My background and heritage may make me an unlikely Trump supporter, but that proves just how I little trust I have for HRC. This speech did not cause any change on my views or beliefs, as a matter of fact, it just confirmed my views. In her intent to humor her wealthy crowd, she really made a case for all supporters of Donald Trump by making these heinous remarks. Her comment opened the floodgates and allowed for criticism about her hypocritical stance on issues. Hillary Clinton did exactly what the media, politicians, and her own team accuse Trump and his supporters of doing; making insensitive and politically incorrect comments. The Trump team is taking advantage of this horrific comment and spinning it as if it was a scarlet letter, with the sole purpose of spiting Clinton. The word deplorable has gone as far as being printed on baseball caps, t-shirts, and even bumper stickers. Fortunately for them, supporters are responding positively. This comment was poor judgement
In this video Michelle Obama makes use of all three appeals, in an attempt to persuade the audience, to agree that Barak Obama was the best candidate for the Presidency. Ethos is identified first as she is introduced, as her brother presents her as a highly esteemed entity by her immediate family; thus, Americas next first lady. She also portrays herself as a person with high morals and values, she elaborates on how she and her husband were raised alike, believing that you will reach your goals if you work hard, respecting others no matter the differences; thus, delivering what you promise or say. Later in the video, she identifies herself as a lawyer that had worked at a major law firm. This elaborate presentation of herself is most
Kingsolver goes on to even mention how her father’s demeanor has change in which he is “eager to vote for a women president”. Kingsolver directly goes into discussing Hillary Clinton’s character and endeavors in which she says “Hillary Clinton has honored the rules of civic duty and met the prerequisites for a candidate, bringing a lifetime of pertinent experience, an inquiring mind, a record of compassionate service and a sound grasp of our nation’s every challenge, from international relations to climate change; her stated desire is to work hard for our country and its future”. She even goes on to counter the opposing view in which she states “Her opponent has no political experience, a famously childish temperament, no interest in educating himself on any subject, a manifest record of shortchanging employees, bankrupting businesses, cheating on wives, dodging taxes and serving absolutely no one but himself. His mission is to elevate the self-regard of some Americans by degrading many others, including Muslims, Mexican immigrants, people with disabilities, residents of African-American communities, women he finds beautiful and women he does not.” According to Kingsolver’s point of view, Hillary Clinton is not even close to a “equivalent” of Donald Trump for “It’s even harder to
Equality. Increase. Innovation. Are only three words, of countless others, that hold weight in our economy today. The mere thought of these words brings excitement without having to know the situation of what they are referencing. But, when used in context of a particular moment they bring meaningful significance. For instance, in the 2016 Clinton-Trump Presidential Debate the nominees used similar words when describing strong solutions on how to uplift the economy, if chosen as the next President of the United States of America. This presidential election year is one that has the utmost talked about and followed, so surely many people tuned in to the broadcast or later read over the transcript. The first topic of the night was “Achieving Prosperity” with a primary focus on jobs in the economy. I will be analyzing Hillary Clinton’s rhetorical strategies and appeals used in the debate on September 26th, 2016. Moreover, she establishes credibility from her previous experience and titles in government, appeal to pathos by referencing to her personal life and family
Yes it is and unfortunately the US election was heavily influenced by people's emotions. When you separate the emotional content coming from your 'heart' from the logic dictated by your brain, one can make a rational decision based on reason and evidence which underlies the facts.
In this article the author writes about a speech that Hillary Clinton gives about her plans for ISIS. There are quotes given on the topic and some unrelated history about Hillary and her relationship with Obama. The author of the article uses some of Hillary’s quotes to make the setting more serious. However in one quote there is the use of colloquialism, with a word that could be viewed as non-formal. The quote states, “"Turning away orphans, applying a religious test, discriminating against Muslims, slamming the door on every Syrian refugee -- that is just not who we are,”. The word or phrasing of “just not who we are,” is something that everyone has heard at one point, but can be viewed as informal. Another quote from Hillary involves a
In this commercial, the Hillary Clinton campaign is being attacked. It claims that Clinton is an unfit president for the United States by using a variety of examples. The video begins by talking about the emails she deleted from her account and then speaks about how certain terroristic attacks could have been prevented if an organization she was in did more. It says that the Senate Intelligence Committee Review blames the State Department for these attacks and brings up Hillary Clinton. The ad then says that she wants to “reset” connections with Russia, however, it shows that Russia has caused some major problems in the world. Later, the ad says that she was under fire when she landed at one place, but then it shows a video that shows her happily talking to children and people. Clinton is then shown saying that she came out of the White House broke, though it is stated that she came out with
Women continue to take a stand against Donald Trump’s negative comments aiming towards them. Right after Trump called Hillary Clinton a “nasty woman” while she was answering the question of funding social security, there were women who decided that instead of being offended they went along with his quote with humor to show their independence (Kelly par. 2). Ladies are taking back his insult by calling themselves nasty women to support Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. As the night of the final debate progressed, Cara Kelly mentions that “Twitter erupted” when women promoted the insult with hashtags, tee-shirts, and even a developed website that “redirects to a Hillary Clinton donations page” (Kelly par. 4). This article then refers back
Hillary Clinton was held to outlandishly high expectation. This can be more clearly illustrated now, since a bigoted, racist, sexual predator, was able to win the presidency; over a woman who had so much ambition that much of the country viewed her as a threat. Arguments against Hillary Clinton’s trustworthiness and fitness for leadership replaced a full treatment of her qualifications. That ought to constrain us to recognize that men can create so much conflict, yet still hold status, not women, though. Hillary Clinton was almost immediately labeled as unlikable and unpopular. Her voice and looks were brutally investigated and scrutinized. Injurious names were directed at her by her political rival and a scope of observers in a way that was indistinct from sexual
First, lets explore Hillary Clinton, beginning with her platform. What is she trying to accomplish? What subjects does she touch on? Hillary begins her campaign speech with her experience, 8 years spent in the Senate and representing the United States over seas at the United Nations Headquarters, amongst other accomplishments. America cannot ignore Mrs. Clinton’s track record as it extends pretty far. She goes on to talk about serving under Barack Obama and how they “Pulled back from the brink of depression, saved the auto industry, provided health care for 16 million working people, and replaced the jobs we lost faster than the historical average of the past.” Furthermore, Clinton addresses “income inequality in the United States, specifically endorsed universal pre-kindergarten, paid family leave, equal pay for women, college affordability, and incentives for
During the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton released an attack ad titled “Low Opinion”. This ad made Donald Trump Looked like a hypocrite. The video showed him Mocking a disabled reporter, This video showed a man without morals running for a public office claiming that he had a great love of his country, while in the video it
I have chosen a political meme that elucidates the character of the 2016 Democratic Presidential Nominee, Hillary Clinton. Schwartzman (2014) defines character as “a reference to perceptions of how honest a source is” (p. 268). While Clinton possesses competence in regards to her experience as a politician, which Schwartzman (2014) refers to as the knowledge or experience an individual possesses about a topic, her credibility suffered due to her dishonest character coupled with her connection to Bill Clinton. This meme featuring her Republican opponent, Donald Trump, targets Clinton’s reputation of spreading misinformation, particularly regarding several instances during her time serving as the Secretary of State under Barack Obama. Accordingly, the meme targets the long list of lies that Clinton had been caught promoting while alluding to Trump’s immigration agenda.
Campaigning year has begun and so has the advertisement democratic TV promotions are circulating every day by Democrat Hillary Clinton and focused on new Hampshire voters at the same time republican trump has just invest two million a week into such advertisements Hillary has much less money than trump I assume the number of political advertisement will be skyrocketing this year in the presidential race. Billions are being raised to finance these campaigns however trump is utilizing his own assets pus due to his own fame and wealth he is at a great advantage to his competitors as candidates may spend as much of their own cash to finance their own
The First Lady implements allusion to accordingly compare Secretary Clinton to great leaders from the past. She achieves this goal, by emphasizing that she wants a leader “who truly believes in the vision that our Founders put forth all those years ago. . .” (Obama 22). Michelle Obamas allusion to the Founding Fathers and their ideals help to establish a connection between Clinton and the leaders that forged the nation. Including this comparison helps to guide the audience to collate their knowledge of the Founding Fathers and apply it to Hillary Clinton. This citation becomes particularly significant when the First Lady uses people that are so highly respected, such as the Founding Fathers, to compare to Secretary Clinton. As a result, Michelle Obama is able to successfully enhance the image of Hillary Clinton in the eyes of her audience. Nevertheless, Michelle Obama also uses allusions to downgrade the image of Clintons opponent, Donald Trump. The First lady explains how we should never “. . .let anyone ever tell you that this country isn’t great, that somehow we need to make it great again” (Obama 29). Michelle Obama ameliorates Clintons image, by alluding to a negative persona of her rival. The First Lady utilizes Donald Trump’s campaign slogan to institute that America is already great within itself, and the nation does not need Trump to “make it great again”. This tactic supports Michelle Obamas claim by altering the audiences view point of Donald Trump and his slogan. The audience will now perceive Trump as someone who does not believe that America is or could be “great”, without him. Therefore, the First Lady accurately alludes to Clintons rival in a demeaning manner to boost Clintons own image. Michelle Obamas use of allusion aids in modifying the persona of both candidates to
The central aim of this story is how Hillary is focusing on front lash and name calling rather then the real issue of our society and how it could backfire. As it were she is making the race a referendum on The Donald's wellness to serve as the world's most powerful head of state. This type of campaigning may be popular for a minute but, could come back to hurt her election in the long-run.
I chose to analyze a speech Hillary Clinton made on human rights, or more specifically, women’s rights. Although I wouldn’t want Hillary Clinton for a president, I definitely can agree with everything she was advocating in this particular speech. She explains the ways in which women’s rights should be equivalent to human’s rights, but are currently not, in China. The issues she was addressing are not issues that we have often in America today; they are shocking and overlooked. “If there is one message that echoes forth from this conference, let it be that human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights once and for all.” On September 5, 1995, 180 countries came together in Beijing China to hear first lady Hillary Clinton 's speech about women 's rights. This speech was the United Nations Fourth World Conference of Women. The target audience for this speech is governments and other organizations that can help meet the goal of making women 's rights human rights. She addressed problems that every single country faced concerning the liberties of women, and why it was important that they receive these freedoms. The speech was courageous and considered path breaking too many in its demand for action. “The great challenge of this conference is to give voice to women everywhere whose experiences go unnoticed, whose words go unheard.” Hillary Clinton has become famous for the statement: