Rhetorical Case Study- Troops in Iraq # 2

I expect my case to factor into the next presidency of four years because Obama, once inaugurated, is going to immediately start having to make foreign policy to establish his credibility and authority in international matters. In his campaign, he adamantly was against the war in Iraq, and made a speech, which I used as a source in which he promised to bring them home as soon as he is in office. He is going to have to hold true to his word, but we know that never happens in politics. Even if he immediately pulls the troops out of Iraq the day he becomes president, he will still have a lot of cleaning up to do over there, some smoothing things over, and some compromises to reach with the country itself. I predict that he will be strongly advised and shown that pulling the troops out would be disastrous, and although he didn't get into this mess, he is the one who will have to make the wise decisions to et the US out of it. i expect it will be a very intense and debated subject within the next 4 years.

Rhetorical Case Study- Troops in Iraq

My rhetorical case study of different views on the war in Iraq couldn't have been more clearly linked to the election since it is a subject that has been brought up in debates, interviews, and published on the candidate's websites. Obama wants to bring the troops home immediately, and McCain wants to keep them in combat for as long as it is necessary to secure peace. Both couldn't disagree more, and although I would love to be bias in my paper and exert and opinion based on the research, it will also be challenging to remain unbiased and just write on the primary sources, not the subjects they are arguing.

Voting

When I voted in the 2008 presidential election, it wasn't a great as I thought it would be, simply because I had to do an absentee ballot. its just not the same mailing a piece of paper in rather than walking up to the polls after waiting in line forever to cast your ballot (electronically, of course). I knew exactly who I was voting for for president, but I had no idea who some of the Representatives were , or the judges and court officials. I refused to just vote for whoever was running in my party, so instead I called my Dad and asked him to briefly explain what each person would do if elected.
It was a god feeling, though, being able to vote for president of the United States. It also made me realize how important it is, especially when i came across people who were too lazy to go and vote.