This activity was incredibly interesting. I enjoyed reading through the presidents and their various speeches. After pondering for a while on who to choose, I settled upon Richard Nixon. While his first term speech was not all that interesting, his second term really intrigued me. Of course we all know of the infamous Watergate Scandal and the story of Nixon’s near impeachment, saved only through his resignation. With this in mind, I searched through his speech and discovered several ironic phrases. Nixon repeats the words responsibility and respect throughout his speech. Of course, this made me laugh because when the average American thinks of Nixon, they think of a scandal and his lawbreaking ways.
There was one other address that also made me pause. I thought that it was awesome that in George Washington’s second term of office, he used only one word twice. This shows what a unique and great president this country began with. Instead of wasting time on repeating things over and over again, he covered all of the issues in order to help keep the people of his new country well informed.
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