My Response to Both Political Speeches

Bradyn Busche

English 101: Dawn Diprince

5 September 2012

Analysis of political speeches

            First off, I did not support either speeches done by Ann Romney or Michelle Obama, due to the fact that neither speeches included near enough logos or ethos. Both women stated that the United States is the greatest country in the world, when statistically we are by far no where near that title. Both speeches were made in the intention to convince the audience in an informative structure that each woman’s husband is more fitting for the presidency than the other.  Neither speech, to me, was nearly convincing enough to lean my decision towards one side or the other; only give me more background as to why each candidate is there. Michelle took a more personal approach and stated how her husband came from a humble beginning and fought for what he had. Ann, on the other hand, took an approach in which she insists he audience that she wishes to speak about love and not politics. She basically lies to the entire audience due to the fact that her sole purpose of being there is to get her husband into the oval office for the next 4 years until she has to do it again. Both women state that they see the positive things about the United States that they see while traveling across it campaigning. All though they say this, the refuse to tell the negative things like the man in Pueblo that, when Obama was campaigning here, refused to let him eat in the restaurant due to the fact that he saw Obama as a vicious campaigner and had little moral value that he displayed to the general public. In my opinion I did not see any valid points in either arguments due to a lack of support by ethos or logos.