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Yes, Ted Cruz Was Born in Canada. So What?

http://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/yes-ted-cruz-was-born-canada-so-what-n329516 Yes, Ted Cruz Was Born in Canada. So What? Less than twelve hours after Senator Ted Cruz’ announcement as an official contender for the presidency of the United States, familiar questions of nationality began pouring in; this annoying distraction … Continue reading

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msnbc’s coverage bias regarding Senate GOP leaders

We all know that there is heavy bias in various media outlets. In the article “Stopping the next Tom Cotton stunt before it starts” the author, Steve Benen goes into discussing what Senator Tom Cotton and others wrote to the … Continue reading

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Senator Ted Cruz perhaps to detailed in his presidential announcement speech.

Senator Ted Cruz from Texas was the first to announce his bid for the presidential run in 2016. As an announcement speech goes Cruz came out rather explicit and forceful in regards to issues and his agenda as he declared … Continue reading

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White House makes digital push with new staffing

In chapter 7 (The Internet Influence Online Political News and Political Discourse) we read how the internet has changed the way the public views politics and the candidates. It is noted in that chapter that with the Howard Dean campaign, … Continue reading

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Maximum Orthodoxy

Martial arts and politics share many commonalities. They both should include self-control and respect. “A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.” – Bruce Lee. According to this Slate … Continue reading

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New Senate, Old Senate? What even is the Senate?

First off I would like to start off by posting the link for anyone interested in reading into the details of my post. The link can be found here: http://www.cnn.com/2015/03/20/politics/us-senate-mcconnell/index.html. Now I will view this article from an agenda setting … Continue reading

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Fracking in the USA is ok

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2015/03/20/obama-interior-department-fracking-rules-sally-jewell/25101133/   I found this article in the USA Today and I believe this is an example of priming.  I think it shows how the current administration views fracking in the United States.  The fracking issue has been a point … Continue reading

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Speaker of the House Boehner’s response to President Obama’s Veto of the Keystone XL Pipeline egregiously offensive.

The flagrant rhetoric which commonly flows from John Boehner’s style of leadership is evident with his reply to the President’s veto of the Keystone XL Pipeline. http://www.cnn.com/2015/02/24/politics/obama-keystone-veto/.  In Politics and Communication in America, Andrew Chadwick suggests in Chapter 7, key … Continue reading

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Marco Rubio’s Senate floor speech using argumentation and persuasion

Chapter 3 in our textbook by Kuypers and Denton, Jr. discuss the strategic uses of political language. According to Kuypers and Denton, Jr., political language helps to maintain a “social state.” In political communication, it is the context and content that … Continue reading

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The Kelly File goes into attack media mode in regards to Hillary Clinton.

Ah yes yet another scandal has reared it’s ugly head.  This time it all revolves around Hillary Clinton and if she filled out the proper departure papers when she left the state department.  The Kelly File of Fox news would … Continue reading

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