Bush the Conservative p. 7
The second speech analyzed here is actually the 2003 State of the Union Address. The setting could not be more formal as the President addresses the joint assembly of Congress with the Supreme Court and other dignitaries in attendance. Further, it is the only address the Constitution requires of the President – although it does not specify when or how the President must deliver it.
The first quote is very similar to the argument used in the first sample. In fact, it uses almost the same language, especially the keywords “recession” and “tax relief”. The second quote, however, is a variation on the theme. In this instance, the President lists a series of desirable economic consequences and then gives a method of assuring those consequences come about. There is no use of any “tax cut” phrase, but the gist of the entire quote is to provide a logical reason to further cut taxes.
It is necessary, though, to state that the President is arguing for tax cuts based on economic theory. During the first speech, there was no obvious reason to go into details of economics as the audience was well-versed in that field. Here, however, the President provides a short defense of monetarist economics. There are no real details to the statement; it is vague and general. As a persuasive device, this allows the President to build broad support for his actions. The second speech, as with the first, appears to be mostly persuasive in nature.
The third speech was given to a formal gathering of business leaders in the Rose Garden. This setting is somewhat less formal than the first two, but the audience lends it a greater level of formality than what might otherwise be true. The audience can truly be called elite and the setting is one of Presidential power.
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The first quote is very similar to the argument used in the first sample. In fact, it uses almost the same language, especially the keywords “recession” and “tax relief”. The second quote, however, is a variation on the theme. In this instance, the President lists a series of desirable economic consequences and then gives a method of assuring those consequences come about. There is no use of any “tax cut” phrase, but the gist of the entire quote is to provide a logical reason to further cut taxes.
It is necessary, though, to state that the President is arguing for tax cuts based on economic theory. During the first speech, there was no obvious reason to go into details of economics as the audience was well-versed in that field. Here, however, the President provides a short defense of monetarist economics. There are no real details to the statement; it is vague and general. As a persuasive device, this allows the President to build broad support for his actions. The second speech, as with the first, appears to be mostly persuasive in nature.
The third speech was given to a formal gathering of business leaders in the Rose Garden. This setting is somewhat less formal than the first two, but the audience lends it a greater level of formality than what might otherwise be true. The audience can truly be called elite and the setting is one of Presidential power.
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