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Speech Gore

The day after the Florida State Attorney General Katharine Harris certified the election in Florida in favor of George Bush, Vice President Al Gore responded to the decision and George Bush’s speech given in light of it on the national news at 6pm, Monday evening, November 27th.

The choice of topic was the election certification in Florida which gave Florida’s crucial 25 electoral college votes to Texas Governor George Bush. The topic, of course, is non-trivial because it pertains to the eventual outcome of the 2000 Presidential Election. The topic was narrowed down to three main issues: 1) The right of each person’s vote to count, 2) A rebuttal against Bush’s claim that all the votes had been counted, recounted, and counted again, and 3) How Gore’s challenge of the certification is in the best spirit of democracy and the right of all Americans to have their vote counted.

Al Gore’s speech was extremely well prepared. He was focused, organized, and spoke on the above three issues with insight, knowledge, and awareness of the U.S. Constitution. Gore also tailored his speech to the audience, a nervous majority of Americans who he tired to convince that his desire to extend the count of votes in Florida was one based on fairness, democracy, and U.S. law. Gore revealed important information like the fact that the three counties selected for recounting were not randomly picked by democrats, but, instead, were counties were significant voting irregularity occurred. However, he did try to use patriotism and democratic fervor to persuade his audience by insisting that his plans are the fair, democratic, action to take for all Americans.

Gore’s credibility was heightened in light of republican efforts to thwart the full counting of votes in Florida as well as his strong introduction and conclusion. His delivery technique was flawless. Looking relaxed, confident, and more presidential than ever be

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