Lately, my friends are constantly asking, "How in the hell could Donald Trump be so popular?" Without question, their reactions to Trump's presidential bid are reasonable. Yet, when Trump announced his candidacy, to be honest, I wasn't the least bit appalled or surprised. Why? Well, because I've grown up and lived around the white working class my entire life. Fortunately, or unfortunately, I understand the ideological roots of Donald's campaign and the very palatable white anger that supports it
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Many candidates are competing for the Republican Party nomination, but are all of them capable of being a productive president? Donald Trump has shown many times that he would not make a productive, reliable President. He has continuously made unprofessional remarks to, and about, many people that he could potentially lead. Donald Trump has made a large name for himself in the business world; he has done the same as a potential presidential candidate, but not in the right direction. A change
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The first pundit I watched was Chris Matthews on “Hardball.” This pundit was liberal. On the show he had several guests. In the first segment of the show, the guests were Anna Gearan from the Washington post, Jamaal Simmons, and Joan Walsh from “The Nation.” In this segment Chris discussed with the guest a number of different topics concerning the general elections and the campaigns. Among the questions were one that asked who would be the best republican to run against Hillary Clinton. Throughout
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to argue why Donald Trump should not or rather can not be president. The advertisement contains first a quick clip of Hillary Clinton hugging a young girl and then merged into a serious clips of young girls looking at themselves in mirrors or cameras. During the scenes of the young girls there are clips and sound bites of Donald Trump saying derogatory things about women during his career over the years. This advertisement is able to provide a strong argument as to why Donald Trump should not be
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Trump vs Clinton By:Kailey Pugh In the upcoming 2016 presidential election Trump and Clinton are proposing their promises to the U.S.A. Each candidate running for president are making promises for America.But first here is a bit of background information about both candidate. Donald J. Trump went to school in New York ,and then soon went to college to be a real estate realtor , and later on had 5 children.Hillary Clinton went to Yale Law School , had 1 child ,and was born on October
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case for candidate Donald Trump it is hurting him. Trump has compromised some of his credibility or ethos with potential voters because how can you promote a tax reform for the rich, when you don’t pay taxes yourself? Even if he has paid taxes his refusal to release his tax return has comprised his credibility. Ethos is critical for politicians and Trump, in this case has failed to communicate rhetorically. The term ethos was a term coined by Aristotle to describe the
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I’m sure in everyone’s mind this is Hillary’s fault, but it is not. It is the systems. And who put it in place. The white male. Men like … Trump, with his locker room talk. It’s a cycle that must end. Wake up and stand up for your wife, your kids, your grandkids. Teach them better! Look at the women in your life today - take inventory. Think of tomorrow. If Trump groped your wife would you tell her its her fault for being so beautiful! Something tells me,
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Yorker, Donald Trump was expected to be the all-out brawler, bulldozing over Hillary Clinton with boastfulness, rudeness and many interruptions. As I have written before, I do not believe he fully lived up to this in the first debate, but that changed come the second debate. The second presidential debate comes on the heels of a jaw dropping example of Trump’s vulgar and objectifying language. Instead of being humble, admitting he was wrong, and demonstrating what had changed him, Mr. Trump immediately
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How Did Trump Win The Election ? John Krosnick was the first to say that Donald Trump won the elections because his name was listed first on the ballot in states where the margin of victory was narrow. Krosnick states that "at least two" US presidents won their elections because their names were listed first on the ballot, in states where the margin of victory was narrow. James Tilley also back up Krosnick and says “ Most of the people that voted Republican were always going to vote Republican
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The most intresting part of Mr. Trump is the logical fallacy he uses to exaggrations situations that conflict with reality. Cooper points out Mr. Trump’s many exagerations of America as “ borderline-apocalyptic rhetoric” which is true as Mr. Trump describes fallen buisness as “rusted out factories scattered like tomestones” putting a new connotation to the ruins of factories other than just some run down dangous building filled with asbestos. Moreover, the why he goes on about the “education system
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