This year's speeches

I would have to say that this year is the first year that I really understood what these speeches meant and their magnitude. I felt that this was the first time I was knowledgeable about the election and had some feelings toward it that were not just my parents. But anyway, these speeches really showed a lot of the candidates character and their attitudes. I think McCain's speech really showed his gracious attitude and his will to help out the country at all costs and I think that will help him the long run as he continues to serve his country. I feel that Obama's speech really showed his charisma and his excitement. He showed his plans a little for his presidency and he really got everyone excited. I fell they both did excellent jobs and I know both speeches would be difficult to execute in the perfect way they both managed to.

Past Election speeches

I am excited about this unit for many reasons, one is that we are covering victory and concession speeches and these are some of the most important and famous speeches a president or candidate can make. I remember watching the speeches in 2004 and in 200o. These speeches were very interesting to me at the time because I really did not understand what was going on but saw the magnitude of people there and of people watching and knew it was important. I also hear a lot about these speeches in my history classes and it is very interesting to see what they had to say at the start of their term in office and to see what really happened and their final speeches as president.