http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2013/02/21/extortionist-in-chief/

The article that I chose was a piece on the US economy in regards the president’s actions and addendum. Politics have entered a very different time. As the years went on, political strategy and efforts changed greatly. The rhetoric and presentation of platforms and opposition from opponents have also changed greatly. I will not say that they have changed to become something better but what I will say is that the types of arguments and defensives have become quit vicious. They are more personal and labeling. Bipartisanship is sadly a thing of the past; you are either a republican or a democrat.  What has helped form this type of socio-politics is the influence of the media. There is a channel and station for every opinion and these quickly grow to identify those that tune in. Fox is for republicans and CNN for democrats. We have become a cultural were we can’t even listen to opposing views without immediately thinking it is wrong. In the article that I read there are definitely slants towards the Republican Party but what is more important is the message and tone of this article. The emphasis that I am trying to bring out is that in the rhetoric of the president we can see how he is using the power of emotions. This is camp day one in debate technique. Playing on emotions put a fire under people, but blinds the real problems at hand. The president’s rhetoric has almost alienated the intelligible approach to governing an economy. The reason I say this is that it seems like the goal of the president is to eliminate the Republic party. We saw the different approaches on this tactic throughout the presidential elections.

The reason I am bringing up the rhetoric to begin talking about the economy and its problems we must forget ALL emotions and think about it logically. “The president got his tax hike in the fiscal cliff debate. To ask for more now without significant spending cuts, entitlement reform and a re-written tax code,” is the equivalent of discipline a child without telling them what was wrong about what they did. It just doesn’t work that way and is illogical.