The Art of Oratory Ronald Reagan's Rhetorical Questions as a Case Study

That speech was a universe of discourse, a network of rhetorical questions ... Ronald Reagan reaffirmed with eloquence the continuing validity ... On election day, Reagan won the election by a landslide winning 51 percent of the popular vote with 489 electoral votes to Carter's 49 electoral votes. At 69 ... Reagan argued that the United States must restore the balance of power with the Soviet Union, which he believed the Carter administration had ... I owe many debts to the indefatigable administrator at Brown House, Kara Dunfee. Contemporary History Institute Directors Mike Grow and Steve Miner along with. In 1984 the 73-year-old Reagan was the oldest person ever to be president, which raised concerns about his fitness for the office. During a debate with Walter ... Until then, we see all that rhetorical smoke, billowing out from the Democrats, well ladies and gentlemen, I'd follow the example of their nominee. Don't inhale ... It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions.” “The trouble with our Liberal friends is not ... In the speech at the Brandenburg Gate, President Ronald Reagan implements repetition, german, and rhetorical questions in order to inform the people Germany ... His mind has an unfashionable and even homemade quality, he knows a lot more than people expect him to know, and he will win or lose as Ronald ... MR. REAGAN: Well yes, I question the figure about the decline in defense spending under the two previous Administrations in the preceding eight ...