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Obama on Raising Rates on Rich Taxpayers - 0 views

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  • avivajazz jazzaviva on 01 Aug 11
     
    Most Americans, regardless of political party, don't understand how we can ask a senior citizen to pay more for her Medicare before we ask corporate jet owners and oil companies to give up tax breaks that other companies don't get. How can we ask a student to pay more for college before we ask hedge fund managers to stop paying taxes at a lower rate than their secretaries? How can we slash funding for education and clean energy before we ask people like me to give up tax breaks we don't need and didn't ask for?
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The New York Times Upfront | The news magazine for high school - 2 views

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shared by Anne Hulthen on 09 May 14 - No Cached
  • He invited photographers into the White House to take candid photos of him and his family, helping to create the Kennedys' Hollywood-like mystique
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      Anne Hulthen on 09 May 14
       
      My question is answered. These candid photos of the perfect American family surely garnered him support. Did the attractiveness of his family help him? Most likely the people were just as intrigued by the image of upper class eastern life that the Kennedys presented, with it's fashion, athleticism, education, all resources which were starting to become increasingly valuable with the mass market.
  • Kennedy's ads presented him as ready to lead during a time of great tension in the world, highlighted his commitment to create jobs and equal opportunities for all Americans, and questioned whether Nixon was exaggerating his experience.
  • "Television is all about image, not substance,"
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  • "He looked sick, but also a little unsure," Albert W. Upton, who had been Nixon's drama coach at Whittier College, told The New York Times. And Nixon's former law partner, Thomas Bewley, said, "Dick just didn't look good. His...clothes were wrong. He didn't have the old spirit."
    • Anne Hulthen
      Anne Hulthen on 09 May 14
       
      Style over substance in the Mass Media. The Kennedys were always avid presenters, able to make others view them in the best light possible. They carefully crafted their image to conform to the American ideal.
  • the tanned, photogenic Democratic candidate for President
    • Anne Hulthen
      Anne Hulthen on 09 May 14
       
      A lot of these articles mention Kennedy's physical attractiveness. Did that add to his appeal? Perhaps it gave him additional celebrity and helped to make him a public figure, beloved by the people. Did the Media's coverage of him help in this respect? Did the images presented of him always show him at his best? Perhaps he new how to use his handsomeness and the press to his advantage as he knew he would appear to advantage in photos and on television.
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Obama didn't cave ... Presidential Power: A Middlebury College Professor's Blog - 0 views

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shared by avivajazz jazzaviva on 01 Aug 11 - No Cached
  • avivajazz jazzaviva on 01 Aug 11
     
    Maybe some of you can tell me why so many very smart people have, since the day Obama was inaugurated, deluded themselves into thinking that this admittedly very smart man, albeit one with limited political experience at the national level, was somehow going to step into office and proceed to rewrite the political laws that have governed presidential politics for the last two centuries? I'm listening.
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