iMedia: Presidential Debates

                In a Presidential debate the words and craft of their speeches are planned out to convey a message. They use succinct language to convey their message using a short and simple way to connect to the listener in a personal way. This is similar to the way poets use words like we are studying in class. The language can also potentially take away from the actual policy issues at hand and convince the voters simply on the language and presentations. This could cause the populous to vote the wrong way in a presidential election. Some people actually will vote against their own interest in elections.

                This problem impacts this country every day. Many of our government leaders are just well liked among their constituents. For instance, I watched an episode of Jon Stewart and he mentioned a congressman that wrote a book proclaiming that the slave trade actually was a positive for the African Americans. That being able to experience the greatness of the United States over Africa was his reasoning behind the claim. Someone with this kind of belief clearly is not qualified to make decisions in Congress that impact our entire country.

                Additionally, the way the candidates present the information has a tremendous impact on how the information is perceived. I watched a clip of a guest on a news network (I think it was Fox but not 100% sure) and he stated that watching the debate on mute clearly shows who won the debate. This completely throws away the entire point of the debate. You cannot just ignore all of the policy and the poetic words and use body language to explain everything.