I read a blog called Obama at Hofstra: Relatively Alert,Ergo Big Winner, written by Ann Coulter on October 17, 2012. She wrote this the
morning after the presidential debate. She quotes Michael Jones' question he
asked at the debate. He said “Mr. President, I voted for you in 2008. What have
you done or accomplished to earn my vote in 2012? I'm not that optimistic, as I
was in 2008. Most things I need for everyday living are very expensive."
According to Coulter, Obama could only say he ended the war in Iraq and that
Osama Bin Laden is dead. She has very strong feelings about Obama and the
reader can tell by the way she writes about him.
In her conclusion she mentions how Obama said, "If
you've got a business, you didn't build that. Somebody else made that
happen." He rubbed people the wrong way with saying that. I don’t know how
someone else makes a business happen for someone else and hands it over for
nothing. What did Obama exactly mean by this remark? The small business owners
that I know built their own businesses from the ground up and some almost went
broke trying.
It is very hard to tell who Coulter thinks audience is.
Her audience could be for people against Obama or the people for him. I want to
say it is more for people that are for Obama. She points out the things he
lacked, and to help her do this she uses one of his voters from 2008. She is
trying to show that people that voted for him in the past might not want to
vote for him this year.
In Dallas News an article was published on September 28, 2012. What
caught my attention was the title. “We recommend Mitt Romney for president,”
made me ask myself, who is we? This article seems to be directed to voters and/or
for voters that were unsure who to vote for. This article is most likely written
by a republican and for Romney. Their argument made is why they recommend Romney
for president and not Obama. They talk about how Obama didn’t keep his word and
failed America. Obama promised to have more jobs available, but unemployment
exceeded 8 percent for 48 months. Enrollment application for food stamps were
higher than what they were before Obama was president. To help their argument
they quoted what Obama said when he was elected. Obama himself once said that if he didn’t repair the economy “in three
years, this would be a one-term proposition.” With that been said they feel so
strong that he should not be reelected. They feel Romney has shown an ability to lead and can lead our nation, unlike Obama
who has failed to lead America. Romney understands that government has a place
in the economy and in American life. Are these facts or someone’s opinions? As I
read the article I noticed there was no link or anything else attached to show
these comments were facts about both candidates. If I didn’t know anything
about both candidates I wouldn’t know what to believe. I choose to read this
article to see if it would help me get a little more of insight on someone to
vote for. This article did not help me one bit. I don’t feel Romney could lead
our country in the way we need someone to do. I ask myself is there really a good
person to lead our nation? Do you feel Romney would lead our nation better then
Obama? God Bless America!
