Monday, November 17, 2008
kerry concession
He begins by congradulating the president and his wife, to seem like a good loser, and gain ethos for the future. He continues to adress the "healing" that he hope will happen soon. He repeats the words hope and vision to also grab pathos. He uses a metaphor of hugging everybody to connect with everybody and to get more pathos. He ensures us that he will continue to fight for his beliefs and stands. He chooses the path to stay strong democratic by using words like "our strong democratic party", and does not do much to say let us work together (compared to other concession speeches). He seems to give the feeling that he will still be a big force of power and others should not give up on him yet. He closes with a strong ethos grabbing "God Bless America!"
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I also picked up on the strong pathos and ethos in this speech. His idea of hugging America really makes you feel connected and close to him, which adds to unity and patriotism.
I find it fascinating how many of the candidates end their speeches with "God bless America," no matter if they live by religious beliefs or not. But he did do a good job in his speech, and I agree with you that he should have tried to unite this country around it a little bit better.
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