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This 3 page paper discusses Barack Obama’s “Yes We Can” speech with respect to his reasoning and the evidence he uses to support his ideas. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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apparently, on several occasions. It is so rousing that some enterprising people have made a music video of it; the video has gotten a lot of play on YouTube and
other venues. This paper discusses the speech with regard to the reasoning Obama uses, and the evidence he uses to support his arguments. (The speech is attached at the end
of the paper.) Discussion The speech has three distinct divisions. In the first part, Obama talks about the fact that people of all kinds-rich, poor, white, black, male, female, gay,
straight, etc.-are coming out to cote in the primaries because they feel the country is on the wrong track and they want change (Obama, 2008). In the second part of
the speech Obama lists a number of things that are wrong in the country and says that working together, we can solve this problems. The third part of the speech
is a rousing chant in which Obama tells his critics and cynics in general that the American spirit is such that we can solve these problems: "Yes we can." The
speech is very emotional and that is a great deal of its appeal: Obama convinces us that we can in fact make a change and restore an America that works
for all of us, not just the wealthy or the special interests. Two of the types of reasoning Obama uses are what is called "criteria reasoning" and "systemic reasoning" (Types
of reasoning, 2007). "Criteria reasoning" takes place when someone compares whats happening in the present against established criteria, and in a sense that is what Obama is doing when he
describes the way in which people are turning out to vote, who may never have voted before, or who have lost interest. The established criteria for these people is their
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