Presidential Boxing Ring

What a heated up debate. President Obama vs Mitt Romney were a great example to show off rhetoric tactics. The use of ethos, logos, pathos, demonstrative, forensic, and deliberative were very present.

Logos was really dominant as the debate unraveled. It makes total sense that each candidates used this type of rhetoric. Well the citizens of the United States have to know the logic behind what each candidate is planning to do for the country."Part of the reason Lybia stand with us..." (Obama). As this part of the debate whent on, the President explained why Lybia stanted with the USA, which is clearely implied by the word "reason." This type of rhetoric was present in the arguments coming from both candidates.

Ethos was also a key element in the debate between the two candidates that whant to be the future President of the United States. Because after all, the people have to choose which of the candidates is going to be the president, and to do that they have to jude by character. One can say there are differet ways of using ethos while arguing. First of all you can be blaming someone for doing something and use their title so they get more noticed. In one part of the debate Romney said, "it's embarassing that the President of the USA..." As you can see the Republican candidate is attacking Obama and using his title as president as an advantage for him. He is blaming that some of Obama's actions are embarassing, and being the "President of the USA" his actions reflect in the rest, therefore not only embarassing him but also the country. Ethos was also used as a point of reference, "Latin American economy is almost as big as China's." When Romney said this he, was referring to something in specific. In this case he was reffering to a group of countries that according to him investing in them could be a great economic opportunity, therefore judging Latin America's economic character.

As the debate progressed, I felt used more forensic and deliberative forms of rhetoric, rather than demonstrative. Why is this I asked myself. As I wondered around it became obvious to as why choices and blame would be present in a presidential debate. Deliberative (future/choices) is present because each candidate is offering the people what they are going to do in the future if they are elected. Also all the debate revolved around an event that is going to happen in November 6, in which each citizen is going to choose who is going to be their president. As for forensic (past/blame) it was also used by both candidates. Romney used it by pointing out the mistakes made in his presidency. Instead Obama used it differently, he used it to point out how bipolar Romney's argument gotthrough each debate. So he showed how in the past debates he was saying the opposit things that he was saying in this debate.

After experiencing in this boxing ring of argument, I think I will run as a presidential candidate the next elections. Oh, and win them.

As a side note to this blog entry I have to add my favorite part of the debate,"Yes, we have fewer ships than we had in 1916. We als have less horses and bayonets." Yes sir, great comeback. Obama schooling Mitt Romney with a little bit of logos kryptonite.