Congressman Dennis Kucinich addresses the Democratic National Convention - Dennis Kucinich (August 26, 2008) - Is Dennis Kucinich the right candidate?
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Democratic National Convention, Dennis Kucinich, Congressman, elections of 2019, President, election, Democratic party, Georges W. Bush, Election Day, Wake up America, American civilisation
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In 2008, the United States are at a key moment of their political life: after two terms, seven years of presidency, two wars and a declining economy, Georges W Bush started to be strongly criticized by most Americans. With the elections, the citizens saw an opportunity for renewal, thus the campaign was strongly followed by all citizens, and mediatized a lot throughout the world. Dennis Kucinich is an American politician who was a candidate for the elections of 2019. In 2008, he was a congressman member of the Democratic party. This speech, held on August 26 in front of the Democratic National Convention, aims to convince the party that Dennis Kucinich is the right candidate, and that he will be able to reach the position of President, to make things different.
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[...] This speech, help on August 26 in front of the Democratic National Convention, aims to convince the party that Dennis Kucinich is the right candidate, and that he will be able to reach the position of President, to make things different. From the beginning, we can feel the strength of the tone, the determination of its writer to make an impact on the audience. Throughout the text, the vocabulary used is very straightforward, and the position of the speaker is made very clear. [...]
[...] Now, this is not a call for you to take a new direction from right to left. This is call for you to go from down to up. Up with the rights of workers. Up with wages. Up with fair trade. Up with creating millions of good-paying jobs rebuilding our bridges, our water systems, our sewer systems, our ports. Up with creating millions of sustainable energy jobs to lower the cost of energy, lower carbon emissions and protect the environment. [...]
[...] In the second paragraph, Kucinich places himself and American citizens as victims of the actual government, using the word to emphasize once again that they are in this together. There is a quick comparison with the situation before George W Bush came into power and after, mainly regarding taxes and debts, making the President responsible of the bad economic situation of the States. According to the speaker, all of this was done for nothing: "unnecessary war", "disappeared in the air". [...]
[...] Congressman Dennis Kucinich addresses the Democratic National Convention - Dennis Kucinich (August 26, 2008) - Is Dennis Kucinich the right candidate? "Congressman Dennis Kucinich addresses the Democratic National Convention, Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Hello, fellow Democrats. Are you ready for November? This one's for you, Stephanie. Fellow Democrats let's go to Election Day. It's Election Day And we Democrats are giving America a wakeup call. Wake up America. In 2001, the oil companies, the war contractors and the neo-con artists seized the economy and added four trillion dollars of unproductive spending to the national debt. [...]
[...] They can't tap our creative spirit. They can open our mail. But they can't open economic opportunities. They can track our every move. But they lost track of the economy while the cost of food, gasoline, and electricity skyrockets. Now, they have skillfully played our post-9/11 fears, and they have allowed the few to profit at the expense of the many. Every day, we get the color orange, while the oil companies, the insurance companies, the speculators, the war contractors get the color green. [...]
