The Keynote Address

The political system of the United States is built on faith in communication. Without open and responsible communication there can be no freedom of choice, no informed decisions, and no representative lawmaking by elected legislators (Osborn and Osborn 6).

Any single communication may be shaped to elicit one response or another or to alter the direction of public discourse according to some ideological view, and certainly Cuomo's speech has as its intent bolstering certain liberal ideas while at the same time preparing the convention for its task of selecting a standard-bearer for the coming election.

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mo refers to another part of the city and uses parallel construction and the repeated "where" to refer to areas where some cannot pay their mortgages, where young people cannot afford a mortgage, where students cannot afford an education, and where parents see their dreams evaporate. Cuomo uses the device again by beginning three sentences in a row with "there are," referring in turn to people who sleep in the streets, ghettoes where young people take and sell drugs, and to the despair in the faces Reagan never sees from his porch. Another parallel construction is developed with three paragraphs beginning with "Maybe," a word that allows him to seem to give Reagan the benefit of the doubt while suggesting doubt about Reagan's ability to live up to the ideals and abilities Cuomo is suggesting a president needs. Cuomo wisely places himself in the same boat with his audience, for it is always "we must" and not "you must." The repeated we" in this construction and in other places in the speech places the listeners and the speaker together in terms of their responsibility, for actions must be taken by all in concert, changes must be made by this group, and others must be helped by what the Democrats as a group can do. One of the
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Approximate Pages = 9 (250 words per page)