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Unit 7. The Selling of the President. Election. election, choosing a candidate for office in an organization by the vote of those enfranchised to cast a ballot. 2004 election campaign.
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Unit 7 The Selling of the President
Election • election, choosing a candidate for office in an organization by the vote of those enfranchised to cast a ballot.
2004 election campaign • Vice President Dick Cheney listens as President George Bush speaks before signing the Project BioShield Act of 2004 in the Rose Garden at the White House, Wednesday, July 21, 2004.
Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry clasps hands with vice presidential nominee John Edwards at the Democratic National Convention at the Fleet Center in Boston Thursday, July 29, 2004.
President Bush speaks at a campaign stop billed "Ask President Bush" in Columbus, Ohio Thursday, Aug. 5, 2004.
John Kerry participates in a neighborhood front porch campaign stop in Columbus, Ohio Sunday, July 25, 2004.
E.G. "Red" Lackey of Ormand Beach, Fla., 90, at the Democratic National Convention at the FleetCenter in Boston, Wednesday, July 28, 2004.
President Bush takes a bite from a ear of corn at a farmers' market in Bettendorf, Iowa, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2004.
John Kerry waves ears of corn he got from a roadside stand in Schullsburg, Wis. on Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2004. Next to him is his wife, Teresa Heinz Kerry.
President Bush listens to a question while Democratic Presidential candidate Sen. John Kerry takes notes during the second of their three Presidential debates at Washington University in Saint Louis, Mo., Friday, Oct. 8, 2004.
President Bush speaks to supporters during a stop at the F.M. Kirby Center for the Performing Arts in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., Wednesday, Oct. 6, 2004.
John Kerry meets the choir after speaking during Sunday Services at the Shiloh Baptist Church in Dayton, Ohio Sunday, Oct. 31, 2004.
Supporters of President Bush listen as he speaks at a campaign rally Saturday, Oct. 30, 2004 in Grand Rapids, Mich.
On the final day of the campaign, Democratic Presidential candidate John Kerry at a rally at Orlando International Airport Monday, Nov. 1, 2004.
On the final day of the campaign, President Bush attends a campaign stop in Burgettstown, Pa., Monday, Nov. 1, 2004.
Richard Nixon • The 37th President of the United States (1969-1974). He visited China (1972) and established relations with U.S.S.R. When Congress recommended three articles of impeachment for Nixon’s involvement in the Watergate scandal, he resigned from office (August 9,1974)
John F. kennedy • The 35th president of the United States (1961-1963). He became the youngest presidency (1960). Kennedy was assassinated in Dallas, Texas, on Nov. 22, 1963.
Jimmy Carter • The 39th President of the United States, he is credited with establishing energy-conservation measures.
Gerald Ford • The 38th President of the United States (1974-1977),who was appointed Vice President on the resignation of Spiro Agnew(1973) and became President after Richard Nixon’s resignation over Watergate scandal.
Ronald Reagon • The 40th president of the United States (1981-1989). He was an actor turned politician.
American politician, a conservative Republic, he served as U.S. senator from Arizona (1953-1965 and 1969-1987) and ran unsuccessfully for President in 1964.
Lyndon B. Johnson, 1964, Vice-President and Chairman of the National Space Council . Fatherly image
Andrew Johnson • The 17th president of the United States (1865-1869). Elected Vice president (1864), he succeeded the assassinated Abraham Lincoln as President in 1864.
George McGovern, • the Democratic nominee for president in 1972, currently is the U.S. representative to the United Nations' Food and Agricultural Organization, where he is helping to develop a plan to address the food needs of 500 million people -- half the world's underfed -- by 2015. He was elected to the U.S. House in 1956. In the Senate, he led the expansion of the food stamp program.
George McGovern • Senator George McGovern won the 1972 Democratic nomination for president.
Associate Press building • AP , largest news-gathering organization in the world. With reporters and photographers working in more than 200 bureaus around the world, AP is one of the chief sources of news for the world’s press. It provides news stories, photographs, graphic, and broadcast services to more than 1700 newspapers and about 6000 radio and television stations in the United States.
Dwight Eisenhower • American general and the 34th president ( 1953-1961). As supreme commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force(1943-1945)he launched the invasion of Normandy (June 6 1944) and oversaw the final defeat of Germany (1945).
Franklin Roosevelt • The 32nd president ( 1933-1945), Governor of New York (1929-1932), he ran for President with the promise of a New Deal for the American people. His administration was marked by relief programs, measures to increase employment and assist industrial and agricultural recovery from the Depression, and World War II. He was the only U.S. President to be reelected three times.
Franklin Roosevelt in wheelchair • Franklin Roosevelt with Ruthie Bie and Fala at Hilltop Cottage in Hyde Park, 1941.
Franklin Roosevelt declares war. • Franklin Roosevelt asks Congress to declare war on Japan, December 8, 1941.
Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Japan, December 8, 1941. • President Fanklin D. Roosevelt signing the declaration of war against Japan, December 8, 1941.
John Wayne, actor, patriot, man of honor • "It was because of what John Wayne said about what we are and what we can be that his great and deep love of America can be returned in full measure".... Jimmy Carter
Background information • 1. PR: public relations • 2. IQ: an abbreviation of Intelligence Quotient. A General Intelligence Quotient Score (IQ score) is a statistically derived number which indicates relative and comparative abilities that can be used to obtain academic skills and knowledge.
The Associated Press: 美联社 • Watergate: some republicans broke into the Democratic Party’s National Committee offices in this building but were discovered and arrested. This political scandal led to Nixon’s resignation in 1974. the word Watergate has become synonymous with corruption and scandal.
Watergate scandal • 水门事件 (Watergate Affair) 指美国共和党政府在1972年总统竞选运动中的非法活动暴露后的政治丑闻。 • 水门是华盛顿的一座综合大厦。1972年6月17日有5个人因闯入大厦内的民主党全国总部被捕。随后的调查表明,尼克松政府为破坏选举的进程采取了一系列的行动,闯入水门只是其中之一。结果导致政府的几个官员锒铛入狱以及美国历史上破天荒第一遭出现的总统辞职。
1972年6月17日,5名共和党员在华盛顿水门大厦民主党全国总部办公室进行窃听活动,被警方当场逮捕。审讯结果证明他们是为共和党争取总统连任委员会工作的。为不影响连任,当时美国总统尼克松施加压力下令掩盖事实。11月7日,尼克松在大选中获胜实现连任。 • 1973年3月,一名被告为了免于被判长期监禁,供认了有人施加压力,自己在审讯中作了伪证。迫于压力,尼克松不得不宣布同意司法部进行调查。调查结果向全国公布后,舆论一片哗然。尼克松总统8月8日宣布辞职,成为美国历史上第一个被迫辞职的总统。
Deep throat • 2005年5月31日,美国联邦调查局前副局长马克·费尔特承认自己就是“水门事件”中那个曾被称为“深喉”的人,曾向美国《华盛顿邮报》记者提供尼克松总统“水门事件”的关键线索。1972年,美国《华盛顿邮报》记者鲍勃·伍德沃德和卡尔·伯恩斯依据内线“深喉”的消息,捅开“水门事件”的内幕,导致当时的美国总统尼克松辞职下台。两名记者一直拒绝透露当时线人的身份,但是总编辑西蒙斯引用了当时一部知名色情电影《深喉》的片名,作为告密者的化名。
Analysis • This text can be divided into three parts. 1.Part I is the thesis of the author 2.Part II is the discussion of the impact of television on American presidential election 3.Part III is the conclusion drawn by the author