Politics Aren't as Easy as They Seem

Modern day technology has overrun the morning newspaper and the evening newscast by supplying all of the necessary news on the at hand media source, being smart phones or computers. What this form of media does is lets people devour the information that corresponds with their beliefs, and shun the information that counters them. The problem with this is that once a person is set in their ways, it is very difficult to change their point of view. The only two things that can be done to win their opinion would be to either to appeal to them based on their ideas, or to show them why the other option is not as good as yours. This is exactly what is happening in the 2016 election between Donald J. Trump and Hillary Clinton.

Every day on social media we express our opinions, whether it be through liking someones picture on Instagram or reading a featured article online. In fact, I believe that our negative opinions only make our positive opinions even stronger. For example, if you are a supporter of Hillary in this current election, everything Donald Trump says will only seem like it is showing how Hillary's ideas are stronger, and vice versa.

Another struggle with modern day technology is that you can look up anything and everything that you want. No matter what you look up, there is almost always an answer online. One instance of what you might look up is whether or not something is true that you heard from one of your friends or that you saw on live TV.

How this plays into modern politics is that a candidate has to be 100% honest almost all of the time, because one massive slip up could ruin their whole campaign. In addition to that, the candidate might not even have to say anything for them to be considered unreliable and not to be trusted. In the current election of 2016 there have been quite a few examples of how the media has hurt a candidates campaign. The media is not the only thing that candidates have to be worried about when running for president, they must battle against the attacks of the opposing candidate as well. TV advertisements and radio commercials go all out when it comes to the election year. It seems that the majority of campaign ads are bashing the opponent rather than supporting their own campaign.

Despite the media trying to bash a certain candidate, on November 8, 2016, the United States will have a new president to lead the country. Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton both have their baggage, but one must prevail over the other. Who will it be? It's up to you America.

Bernie Burning Across America

This campaign ad, while has no words displays a very clear message to the American public. Bernie doesn't attack any other runners in the video which almost makes him seem higher up in a way.  Like Michelle Obama says, Hillary Clinton these days too, "When they go low, we go high." Which I thought was very interesting because all that both current candidates seem to be doing is attack the other on basically everything.

Bernie uses a very strong ethos approach in the ad. The scenes of all the citizens is very reminiscent to the scenes of an Obama ad. Displaying farmers, some sort of industrial workers, people in the suburbs, and crowds of supporters shouting Bernie's name with signs waiting to hear him speak. Bernie is greeting his supporters and speaking on his beliefs. Which really shows how much of a true person he is.

Not A True War Hero?

The ad “War Hero” was created by Clinton’s campaign team to promote Clinton and show Trump’s degrading comments. This ad reminds us of what Donald Trump said about Senator John McCain and ultimately about all POW’s, vets, and current servicemen and women. Trump said that McCain is “not a war hero” because he was captured. The ad shows a veteran (Joel Sollender) who was captured by the Nazi's during WW ll in 1944. “My war was 70 years ago, and yesterday.” This ad uses pathos when Joel shows us the effects war has on veterans, and how they can still be struggling 70 years later. Trump doesn’t understand what McCain or other POW's went through. Trump’s comments, I feel, just make these struggles worse for people like Joel.

This ad uses ethos, it shows Trump’s character and how he feels about what makes a true war hero. Trump said “I like people who weren’t captured, OK?” This shows his lack of respect for POW's and all servicemen and women and ultimately his character in general.

The music in the background represents sadness, anger and disappointment. This ad makes you feel sad that these comments were made towards our veterans, mad that Trump feels like he has the right to make those comments and lastly, disappointed at Trump and his childish and immature comments. Overall, this ad shows Trumps real feelings towards the military, and personally, this ad and Trump's comments make me sad.