The Greek Way To The White House

Senator Barack Obama is a clear example of how to use rhetoric to be successful and reach your dreams. He clearly uses a tone of voice which get’s to peoples hearts. One of his ways to convince the American people is by using Logos to compare and bring to the light the idea that Senator John McCain will continue President George Bush’s policies. “Senator McCain likes to talk about judgment, but, really, what does it say about your judgment when you think George Bush has been right more than 90 percent of the time?” He characterizes John McCain as a follower of George Bush making us think if we would really like the next president to be like him.

Obama then tries us through Ethos by telling us why he wants to be president and why he would be a good one. “Well, it's time for them to own their failure. It's time for us to change America. And that's why I'm running for president of the United States.” He thinks he would be a good president because he thinks that Ameica needs change and he has a good shot to reach it. In most of the speech we can see Obama uses the Present and Future tenses, making it clear what he thinks are the problems and how he wants to solve them. However in some parts of the speech we can also see him using the past tense to refer to McCain’s policies and how they were a disaster compared to those he proposes.

Barrack clearly uses Pathos to touch peoples hearts and influence them to vote for an option for change a candidate that will help the American people. “This country is more decent than one where a woman in Ohio, on the brink of retirement, finds herself one illness away from disaster after a lifetime of hard work.” He uses Pathos to support his welfare and economic policies and proposals and takes the people to think about the other Americans who scream for change. “We are more compassionate than a government that lets veterans sleep on our streets and families slide into poverty...” Senator Obama clearly uses all resources for an elaborate speech which tries to convince all that he is the best option for the White House. Of course, Barack Obama, as all politicians do, only tells his version of the truth and generously stretches the facts and refuses to tell the whole truth about himself or his opponent. One has to take everything politicians say with a huge grain of salt and investigate for yourself to find the truth and make the best choice for the country. Most politicians will say and promise anything to get elected…rarely do they do what they promised. Actions speak louder than words so it’s always a good thing to look at their record and their real history to find out who they really are.