President Obama at the Democratic Convention

At the democratic convention, held at Charlotte, North Carolina, President Obama delivered a powerful acceptance speech. I thought it was a difficult speech to give mainly because he first had to argue how he is not to blame for the current situation of the country and secondly explain how he plans on fixing the situation. On these counts, I thought President Obama delivered pretty persuasive speech.

He started off the speech discussing how the choice we face won’t be just between two candidates or two parties. It will be a choice between two different paths for America. We have to select between two fundamentally different visions for the future. He argued how he believes cutting taxes for millionaires will not bring jobs to our shores nor will it pay down our deficit. He focused on increasing energy exploration and extraction and enforcing environmental rules. He also denounced tax breaks for companies that send jobs overseas. After talking about economy, he touched on education. He argued that we must fight to raise the standards of teaching and learning. He raised some sentiments when he said no family should have to set aside a college acceptance letter because they don’t have the money. He was cleverly attacking republican ideals as they were a stark contrast to the democratic ones. I especially liked the bit of speech that dealt with the role of government. Both parties have discussed the role of government at their own convention. While the republicans called government a menace that should simply “get out of the lives” of hard working businessmen and ruggedly individual entrepreneurs, the democrats, on the other hand,  suggested that government was a more reliable protector of the rights of the little man. In response to the republicans, President argued that “[we] don’t think government can solve all our problems. But [we] also don’t think government is the source of all problems.”