...special interest groups can easily buy congressional support. The distrust of the government plays a huge part in Americans’ skepticism and panic; in search for a new president, they’re looking for someone to subside their unrest. My candidate, Bernie Sanders, hears the issues at hand and...
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...Bryony Crocker Duckworth Gov 2305 12 March 2016 Who Will They Choose? It’s 2016 and about that time we declare a new president of the United States. This year’s presidential candidates are quite unique and controversial; currently we have two democrats in the running, and only three republicans remaining after many drops out, still, there are 5 candidates going strong, fighting for the chance to be the next leader of our country. The Democratic Party candidates are Hillary Clinton, former US secretary of state, and Bernie Sanders, US senator, the Republican Party candidates, I will be talking about are Ted Cruz, US senator, and businessman Donald Trump. Starting with the Democratic side, almost all of us know Hillary Clinton as the former first lady of the United States, when she was married to Bill Clinton, but now it’s her chance to be the real first lady by possibly being elected the first female president. Hillary Rodham was born and raised Park Ridge, Chicago her father, Hugh, a hardcore republican, and her mother Dorothy had provided Hillary with a stable middle-class life. Hillary’s mother did not have the best childhood growing up, and this had sparked a flame in Hillary to fight for women’s rights and children’s needs everywhere. Hillary became heavily involved with social justice activism at Wellesley College, and was elected to be the first student speaker at her graduation. (Hillary’s Story) Hillary graduated from Yale Law School, but instead of joining a big...
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...think Bernie Sanders should be elected as president. He appears to be morally driven in terms of making America a great nation. He has consistently received less media coverage then Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, both of whom he matches as far as the presidential polls. With the other candidates having a much greater media coverage on major networks, Sanders still remains to keep in the campaign as his ideas and beliefs reflect those of the people. This is a testimony to the influence of political parties as well as mainstream media’s attention towards sensationalism and showmanship. This shows that Sanders is against playing by the fear and bigotry that are the forte of Trump’s Campaign. Amongst many of the reasons why Sanders should become President, I believe a major one to be that he is the only candidate that is not afraid of the idea of Socialism. In his own words during an interview he says, “Democratic Socialism means that we must create an economy that works for all, not just the very wealthy.” Hoping that in his two years in office to create a more economically fair/equal society for lower and middle class Americans to live in. A large statement Sanders has made is that climate change is something that needs to be dealt with. He has a firm intent on reducing the dependence on fossil fuels as well as placing a carbon tax on polluters. This will lead America towards a greener and brighter future; a life that will be better for our kin. Sanders in comparison...
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...election of this year, 2016, to whomever the president should be, they must possess certain qualities and traits to effectively run the country. Additionally, they have to be a role model or in other words, a shining example of strong character, that is because nowadays, this country has developed drastically over the course of this last century. Therefore, I, personally, believe that the next and forty-fifth president of the United States should be Bernie Sanders. This is attributed to several reasons why he is the best candidate by exhibiting character and leadership skills and in turn, will serve as a great and successful president for the next four years that are to come. First, allow me to...
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...and knowledge to the real world, therefore he did not know the exact date of his birth. His father was his slave-owner, who had an affair with his mother, Harriet Bailey. In 1838, Frederick daringly escaped from his slave-owner in Baltimore, Maryland, fleeing to Pennsylvania. He published the “North Star” in 1847, which covered social and political topics from emancipation of slaves to women’s suffrage (Digital). During 1861-1864, Douglass worked with Abraham Lincoln to improve the conditions of...
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...because an action makes a certain group of people, in this case about 75 BLM activists, feel empowered, does not mean that it was worthwhile or productive in nature. The next day, the trending Twitter hashtag was #Berniesoblack. Many activists found this amusing. However, doesn't this raise the question of who's our enemy, and who's not our enemy? All too often I get the feeling that leftists and radical activists view liberals and progressives as actual or potential enemies, as opposed to actual or potential allies. To me, this makes no sense. If BLM activists wish to connect with the tens of thousands of decent and engaged people who are currently organizing around the Sanders campaign, I suggest they open avenues of dialogue. It make sense for BLM activists to have serious, critical and lengthy discussions with Sanders' supporters and campaign workers. Hell, it would be great if they had an opportunity to speak with Bernie himself. Would that be so bad for the...
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...their hand in order to respond to a question or an opinion instead of blurting out arguments. The placement also might have affected the whole event since the two candidates on the outside did not get to speak frequently so I barely have any information from them so I will not include them in these topics. But overall, it was a pleasure to spectate the discussion. While I listened to some of the contenders’ opinion on how we whould fix gun control, I have to say that Martin O’Malley, Hillary Clinton, and Bernie Sanders all had great concepts of adjusting it. Sanders, Clinton, and O’Malley all said that we should expand background checks so that we can hopefully confirm that we are selling a weapon to someone who’s not going to violently violate the law. Even though Sanders came from a rural city and their views on gun control is completely different from urban cities, I...
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...Who’s wife is in the presidential election and their name has already been head of the White House once before? If you said that Hillary Clinton then you guessed it right. I think Hillary Clinton should be elected. However there are some extremely good things about electing Hillary for president. For example First is Clinton Spends 1 Trillion in New Spendings. Second is Clinton’s Economic Plan Focused On Jobs. Third is Clinton Allows her to Breathe Easier. First is Clinton spends 1 Trillion in New Spendings. According to Clinton’s plan’s would raise $ 1.1 trillion dollars in the first decade. In this article it also states that Hillary would spend $350 billion dollars to make college more affordable. That would be great for seniors...
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...Gun control, a problem needing to be solved Gun control is a very real problem in modern America. Mass shootings quite regularly make news in the United States. In addition, many people are worried about Americas next generation because they are proportion of the shooters in America. However, our leaders are undecided on the best course of action to take. This is true for the reason that many politicians do not know the best course of action to take when concerned with this very serious matter. Both the left and right wing parties in Congress have differing opinions. In the meantime, while they are still trying to decide what should be done, more people are getting killed my mass shootings every year. “Every day, 89 people die from gun violence…...
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...real problem in modern America. Mass shootings are heard of quite regularly. Many people are worried about the state of Americas next generation because they are the vast majority of the shooters in America. However, our leaders are undecided on the best course of action to take. Many politicians do not know the best course of action to take when concerned with this very serious matter. Both the left and right wing parties in congress have differing opinions. In the meantime, more people are getting killed my mass shootings every year. “Every day, 89 people die from gun violence… 31 are murdered” (Brady) The United states government needs to take action according to the right-wing politicians plan because this plan is the most effective for solving this problem. Gun control needs to be taken care of quickly at the state and federal...
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...Hillary Clinton for President Hillary Clinton is running as a Democrat for US President. She’s a trained attorney; and former first lady. She served as a senator from New York from 2001 to 2009. Hillary Clinton is an American politician who served as the 67th secretary of State in the Obama administration from 2009 to 2013. The presidential election provides an opportunity to elect a president who shares our vision for America. Hillary Clinton is a determined leader who shares our values for America. I support Hillary Clinton as president for 2016. Hillary Clinton's College Compact, a $350 billion program that will the push of federal government to give 175 grants to states. This will guarantee that students would not be force take out...
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...Health Care System Crisis As the world-famous scholar Stanton Mehr explains “The way health insurance works is large groups of people pay relatively small amounts of money into a fund, which pays the health costs for the entire group. The idea is that most contributors to this pool are healthy people who help pay the costs for the few who are sick (Is Our Health-Care System Sick?”). Insurance is a critical element in the health care of Americans. Millions of people are going without health care, and billions of dollars are being wasted. Lack of access to affordable health insurance and rising health costs are the problems of the health care system in America. Before 1920, doctors didn’t know enough about diseases to provide useful care to sick people therefore, they didn’t charge much. Only a few big employers offered health insurance, and everyone else paid out of their own pockets. When doctors learned more about diseases and effective treatments, they charged people more- more than what they can afford. To add on to the costs, doctors took advantage of the new medical technology and treated people in hospitals. To ease the health care problem, various plans were combined under the auspices of the American Hospital (AHA) and became known as Blue Cross. According to Goda, “Blue Cross insurance was considered desirable because they provided benefits to people in need, benefits from special state-sponsored legislation that made them tax-exempt and nonprofit corporations” (Goda...
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...militia to defend our freedoms. I believe a fair system of owning guns should be implemented, through fair regulations. Why are guns and the control of them such a big topic in today’s politics? One-third of Americans own or have someone in their home whom owns a gun. Many people love and care for their guns and their right to have them, which is the Second...
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...specific media outlets you may access? I believe before we can go directly into how the media biased, we must first know what it means. Media bias is a political bias in journalistic reporting, in programming selection, or in mass communications media. In today’s society, it has become normal to witness or read about an elected government official being ridiculed by our mainstream media outlets. You can rarely turn on the news, check your phone, or get on Facebook and Twitter without some sort of recent false and often miss represented news article or headline. We have all become accustomed to letting the media dictate...
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...“Two Men Walk Into A Stoning With President Clinton” The warm breeze danced its way around the uneasy crowd that was starting to form. It was June 27th and not a cloud was in the sky. The sun shined over the podium that was dead center stage, which had its traditional red and blue décor all over it. In some towns, the lottery was stretched out over a few days to accommodate large populations but in the town of Freedomville, the small size of three hundred or so citizens meant that the event would only take a half day. The children were the first ones to arrive. They were playing with their stuffed elephants and toy donkeys, some even throwing them at each other. The girls were all dressed in red dresses with white strips while the boys...
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