Introduction to the course; Rhetoric and American Politics

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Reasons why we yell at our television

  • Television is suited to entertainment and disengagement.
  • Politics and the resultant government require something else.

To what did a shift from a logocentric apporeach to a political debate lead?

An approach to politics that prefers syle over substance and mode over content.

Why did Obama got a great deal of attention?

  • A change in the nature of the electorate.
  • unique use of internet and technology for getting out the vote.
  • The voters were tired of the incumbent party.
  • He appealed to voters by applying the tactics of the 19th century political rhetoricians.
  • He took advantage of the alienation that the televised spot-advertisement campaigns were causing.
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What is the result of Obama taking a rhetorical stance in order to win an election in which his policy positions might not have been to his advantage?

  • It created an unrealistically high expectations about what Obama could achieve and what the contours of his presidency would be.
  • It obscured the degree to which Obama had a true mandate to make policy in the fashion he intended.

What are the three most important lessons of this lecture?

  1. It can be argued that disillusionment with Obama has led to a reaction against his policies.
  2. Perhaps we have crossed an event horizon. In an image-based culture, only entertainment can prevail.
  3. If you do not “make for good viewing,” you cannot win and you cannot govern.

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