Us Presidential Debates

    On July 15, 1979, an ailing 98-year-old Carter delivered a televised speech famously known as his ‘Malaise Speech.’ Seeming concerned as in the image above, he addressed the fact that Americans had lost belief in their government, lost faith in among themselves, and in their capabilities as citizens to shape the democracy of their country. He recognised the detachment between the government and the American Community at large. People got the feeling that their government was not playing its vital role of working for them (Hastings, 2023).   RFERENCES Texas Carter, J. (1979). Crisis of confidence.  Televised speech July ,  15 , 1979. on ,  12 .      

Accompanied with charm and style at Rice University on September 12, 1962, JFK highlights the urgent need for the United States to become an international front-liner in outer space exploration. His famous statement today, “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard,” became a major punchline in the economic growth literal spaces. In this speech, Kennedy made emphasis on how the development of science and education would be enhanced by new insights of space and the universe in general (Sorensen, 1962).     References Kennedy, J. F. (1962). We choose to go to the Moon.  Speech delivered at Rice University, Houston,        

  Wearing a passionate denial face on the fateful day September 23, 1952, Richard delivered a 30-minute address to the nation. On this address, he denied allegations of him misusing political funds and violating several laws with supporters’ money. He was accused of buying himself gifts with the funds. He went on further to clarify that the only gift he intended to keep was a black and white Cocker Spaniel that his children had given the name Checkers (Dunlap, 2022).   References Roosevelt, F. D. (1941). The Four Freedoms Speech January 6, 1941.

     A disturbed president tries to reassure and calm Americans at Ground Zero, days after the unfortunate legendary 9/11 which claimed over 3000 lives and destruction of the Trade Centre Towers. As he went on with his speech using a megaphone, his voice became unclear and that’s when the rescue workers yelled they couldn’t hear him. He replied to them saying that he could hear them, the rest of the world hear them and those responsible for the destructions would soon hear them (Williams,2021).   Reference  Nixon, R. M. (1975).  The Checkers Speech . Evergreen Valley College, Media Services.      

               Full of zeal and energy, the 45 th  addresses the Nation, encouraging American Citizens to never stop doing what they know is right. He insisted on the importance of pushing harder in all efforts the citizens put to ensure the harmonious growth of the land of opportunities. Coming from the highest office in the land, this statement gave Americans hope and the motivation to keep on striding towards the betterment of the nation economically (Blane, n.d).   References Trump, D. J. (2010).  Trump never give up: how I turned my biggest challenges into success . John Wiley & Sons.    

  With his figurative speech, President Obama addressed the Muslims around the world at Cairo University in Cairo, Egypt on the fateful day June 4, 2009. He went ahead to call for a new relationship between America and the Muslim world, acknowledging the deep divisions between the two defined by mistrust and tension (Ottaway, 2010). Going forward, the president assured Muslims of a cordial relationship full of trust and one aiming to benefit both parties economically and socially.   References Obama, B. (2009). A new beginning.  Zeitschrift für Staats-und Europawissenschaften (ZSE)/Journal for Comparative Government and European Policy ,  7 (2), 173-186.        

   Addressing over 100 ministers, clergymen and other religious leaders in the East Room on September 18, 1998, a remorseful Clinton asks for forgiveness from his family, members of staff and American Citizens. He repents for his affair with his secretary Monica Lewinski. The speech has faced backlash from many over the years but as he put it,” Integrity is important and selfishness is wrong.” (Bennet, 1998). Backed with very heavy facial expressions which clearly showed how sorry the president was, citizens really resonated with him on a human point of view despite the immense backlash.     References Maraniss, D. (1999).  The Clinton Enigma: A Four and a Half Minute Speech Reveals This President's Entire Life . Simon and Schuster.

              Braced with his storytelling techniques, the 40 th president focused on the growth of the States; negotiating on federal spending, government initiatives with crucial unintended consequences, and the hand of the government getting more involved into various aspects of the citizens.  Towards the end of the speech, he addressed the Cold War and the drift between the States and Soviet communism (Goettler, n.d.). However, this address is popularly known for his closing remarks about the cold war rather than the contents of the entire speech which surrounded development and government policies to enhance economic growth from the citizen’s level.   References Reagan, R. (1964). A time for choosing.

  Lincoln is seen reasoning with the citizens in one of the seven debates that he held alongside his opponent Stephen A. Douglas. His bold stature affirmed his belief in the emancipation of the black community. He addressed crucial aspects concerning slavery, the citizen’s rights, and the legal status of “blacks” It was from these debates that Lincoln’s stand and arguments regarding the morality of slavery were cemented (Onion et al., 2021).   References Lincoln, A., & Douglas, S. A. (2008).  The Lincoln-Douglas Debates: The Lincoln Studies Center Edition . University of Illinois Press.      

            During the State of the Union on January 6, 1941, a calm and collected Roosevelt took a stance isolationism which was a crisis at that time and called for defence of the global democracy. He wrapped this in the following freedoms; ·       Liberty of speech and expression ·       Liberty of worship ·       Privilege from want ·       Liberty from fear           Roosevelt had a firm belief that these freedoms were attainable in the lifetime of Americans who, 11 months later, began the stride to war. The speech outlined what Americans were fighting for in the second World War (Burton, n.d.).   References Kennedy, J. F. (1962). We choose to go to the Moon.  Speech delivered at Rice University, Houston,