The article, “Let’s Not Make a Deal” was written by Fred
Barnes, a conservative writer for The Weekly Standard, in regards to the tax
reforms supported by President Obama and Senate majority leader Harry
Reid. This article describes how Obama
and Reid, “killed” tax reforms. Depicted as an unrealistic-type leader, Obama
is shown to be increasing corporate taxes to increase governmental profit to
fix America’s economic dilemmas. However, this article argues that Obama is
wrong for doing that because the most gained will not be able to create jobs
and correct the issues at hand, so the reform is worthless and hurts
businessmen. Reid is found to be just as guilty as Obama in this article and
pinned as oblivious to the reality of the situation. Clearly, Barnes does not
agree with the reforms and finds Obama to be unfit for his position and is
writing to a conservative audience that share his opinions to draw attention to
the current issue with the intent to inform his fellow republicans and increase
their common disapproval of Obama. I believe that he did this successfully due
to the vast amount of statistical evidence to support his argument as well
quotes from respected personnel. Along with
these strategies, Barnes also included strong, unpleasant diction in describing
Obama and Reid. While describing the economic recovery that occurred during
Obama’s first term, he used the word, “lame” as well as, “ill-suited”. Barnes
also says that, “Obama operates under [an] illusion”. All of these word choices help to back up the
point Barnes is trying to make. By using such strong and disapproving diction,
the reader is likely to have those more intense words stick in their mind and
assist his point in making the argument of poor leadership in America stand
out. Obviously not a fan of Obama, Barnes writes to other conservative in a
republican news source to keep the audiences against Obama and Reid.
Article: http://www.weeklystandard.com/articles/let-s-not-make-deal_742486.html?page=1
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