Mit Romney

Former presidential primary candidate Mit Romney gave a speech about his beliefs in his campaign to try to be candidate in preparation for the 2008 election. His speech portrayed the persuasive appeals very well, but mostly logos and pathos. The way that he developed his logos was that he used facts about how the country was formed in regards to different religious models, he says that Rhode Island was formed by someone who was banished from Connecticut because of what he believed, so he started his own colony. The way that he developed his pathos was by appealing to the readers feeling of pride in their country: he referenced the wars that we have fought in such as; the WWII and how when we won we didn't take any land from Germany, in Vietnam we did not take any thing, and also in Korea all we did was defend our idea of freedom and try to free other nations.

In response to Mr. Romney's speech Lori Lipman Brown said that to state that he would keep the teachings of his evangelical leaders out of the policies that the president has to deal with would not be possible because his beliefs would be reflected in certain issues such as marriage or abortion. Lori also says about how Mit would serve everyone from all beliefs, "Gov. Romney has sadly traded the sacred space of American pluralism for a church revival tent" (Religion in America 102). By saying this she means to say that Mit can not serve everyone without invoking his own beliefs.