Essays on Political Career

Li Keqiang

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Before one of the members of the politburo committee will be focused on, it is very vital that a brief explanation be given about this committee itself and how it has been able to gain some forms of public recognition. This is a committee which comprises of the top leaders in China. It is a party specially reserved for communists and has minimum membership of 5 persons and maximum number of 9 persons. These are all elite and are individuals who have been renowned form of national struggle or the other. However, it is very important to ...

The first President and the founder of the Institute of Presidency in the US George Washington was born on February 22nd 1732. His father was the immigrant from England, a wealthy landowner-planter, who died when George was 11 years old. His death has deprived the boy of the chance to study, according to family tradition, in the UK, so George was studying at home. Showing an interest in science, Washington, however, dreamed of a career soldier. In the same year as a rebel, he began to fight with the French and Indians. Moreover, he got captured there and he ...

Roy Blunt – US Junior Senator for Missouri, Republican Party Birth: January 10, 1950 in Niangua, Missouri. Parents: Leroy Blunt and Neva Dora. Education: 1970 – Bachelor of arts degree in history from Southwest Baptist University; member of the Kappa Alpha Order fraternity; 1972 – Master’s degree in history from Missouri State University (later Southwest Missouri State University). Political career: 1972 – 1984 Greene County Clerk; 1984 – Secretary of State – the first Republican in the 50s who won and hold the post; 1993 – 1996 – President of the Southwest Baptist University; 1997 – 2011 – United States House of the Representatives for Missouri.

Clair McCaskill – US Senior Senator for Missouri, Democratic party

Birth: July ...

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The United States is depicted as the most democratic nation in the world. The aspect of democracy arises from the choices that people are presented with. The ability to determine one’s leaders, goods, services, regions and rights are some of the choice elements that the American population is presented with. Another aspect that can be associated with the United States is its diversity in regards to the ethnic groups and races; immigration has resulted in the creation of one of the most interracial communities in the world. Nearly all races are present in America as a result of ...

Sarah Palin: A corrupt soufflé by Cal Thomas and It’s settled: Palin unfit for office by Richard Cohen, are two articles that explains political career of Sarah Palin as the vice president nominee under the Republican Party in 2008 Presidential election and governor of Alaska.

In the analysis, cal Thomas articulates that, although Sarah Palin had remained a vocal politician and a famous leader in America, she was ill advised to resign as the governor of Alaska, and accept her nomination as the first female vice president nominee under the Republican Party because she was immature politically. The author relates ...

‘Instructor’s Name’

Presidents Compared: Reagan and Obama A Chicago tribune article published in the year 2011 states that Obama and Reagan are differently similar. Both these Presidents, though Reagan took office nearly three decades before Obama, have many remarkable similarities. They both came in when the country faced a severe economic crisis, and they both inherited wars- Obama the war on terror; Reagan the cold war & Iranian hostage crisis. They both were expected to do miracles both in the economic and war front, and when they didn’t meet expectations, many political observers were disappointed. Though both of them were ...

“Guilt by Association is not the American way!” stated Senator Durbin invoking that “We should all agree that it is wrong to blame an entire community for the wrongdoing of a few” (Fox News). The senator Dick Durban opened his first-ever hearing of the Civil Rights for American-Muslims address in the history of the United States. Durban is the 47th Senator of United States elected from the State of Illinois on November 5, 1996 and a Democrat from Springfield. He was reelected in 2002 and then in 2008. In the journey of a successful political career, Senator Durbin suddenly risked his career ...

Re: General Election Strategy

The purpose of this memo is to present a general election strategy for the 2016 Presidential campaign between Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, and Republican nominee, Chris Christie. In addition, this proposed strategy is presented to fulfill the application requirements for job title Campaign Strategist. This strategy will address Clinton’s political platforms, discuss her strengths and weaknesses, provide an electoral strategy, and deliver descriptive examples of biography, issue-oriented, and attack literature advertisements. 2016 General Election Strategy: Hillary Clinton vs. Chris Christie As we are aware, Clinton lost the Democratic nomination to President Obama in 2008, even after securing ...

The “Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Center for Public Affairs” is a museum and library of works and life of the 40th president as well as his burial grounds. It is located in Simi Valley, California and contains artifacts, records, speeches and data from his childhood up to his political career. It was the largest of the presidential libraries in the United States administered by the National Archives and Records Administration. It is also one of the most visited museums in the United States which exhibits changing temporary and permanent exhibits. Ronald Reagan Presidential Library could bring information about how ...

Introduction - The figure of Fidel Castro

Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz is the revolutionary political figure, bringing Cuba to the long-lasting period of communism. The controversy of this figure on the global political arena is as obvious as the role and status of the island over the last thirty years. Born in 1926, the child was only officially recognized by the father by the age of 15. As a result, Fidel´s name was changed from Ruz to Castro. Castro spent his life on the island of Cuba, it is remarkable, though, and that Fidel grew up in wealthy family and was educated in a private boarding school, ...

First examining ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, the film introduces Al Gore’s background as a proponent in saving the environment. The presentation links his personal stories and experiences ensuring that his personal narrative would make this big issue relatable and understandable for the audience. The main point of the film, ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, revolves around the international and world crisis of impending climate change (An Inconvenient Truth, 2006). Though, the discourse encourages mankind to take action by first recognizing that significance of this event and taking action in mitigating the cause of the problem. The film also discusses a simple explanation about ...

Throughout history, some individuals have sojourned on and transformed the world for the sake of humankind. The world was confronted by various challenges that threatened to engrave it. It is through the actions of charismatic, intellectually talented, devoted, and unfathomable leaders, such as Lech Walesa, who had the interests of the society that the society changed to the better state that humanity currently enjoys. Lech Walesa is one of the outstanding individuals whose efforts magnificently led to the suppression of the tyrannical communist policy. Through an interview, the trade unionist, human right activist, and philanthropist Lech discloses that ...

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John F Kennedy was the first American Citizen to become president among the people that were born in the twentieth century. At the age of forty-three, he became the thirty-fifth president of the United States of America. John F Kennedy attended Harvard University and graduated with Bachelor of Science in International Affairs. As the prodigy of a politician and businessman, John F Kennedy got an opportunity to travel around America and around the world. His father Jack, Snr, was the United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom. The Kennedy family was in the House of Commons when British politicians were ...

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In the process of presenting a suggestion or idea to the person who has the power to implement it, the procedure of presentation influences the decision maker’s acceptance or rejection of the idea. When proper channels and protocol are followed, which comprehensively cover all the desired areas or people, it will be very easy to push through the idea. An idea can be rejected, not because it does not provide a solution to the problem, but because it was presented to the decision makers in a wrong way. The issue of concern in this case study regards mothers who had a ...

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The celebration of the two hundredth anniversary of Abraham Lincoln bore great presents in form of Steven Spielberg’s ‘Lincoln’ movie and Eric Foner’s book, ‘The Fiery Trial: Abraham Lincoln and American Slavery’. Both the book and the movie attempt to give their separate portrayal of America’s greatest protagonist, the sixteenth president, Abraham Lincoln. Revered and respected by Americans from all over the country for his stand against slavery, Lincoln was a figure to respect, a politician to fear and a grand dramatist. Both Spielberg’s movie and Foner’s book attempt to reveal as much politically accurate account of ...

Edinburgh, Scotland: Canongate Books, 2007

Summary The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream is a book that can be categorized as an autobiography of the first African American president in the history of the United States. This book that was written and released shortly before announcing his presidential bid, the then Illinois senator’s second book addresses a collection of topics, which was considered by several political analysts as a means of paving way for himself in the looming presidential campaigns of that time. In this book, the author gives a detailed account of his journey through politics: he explains the driving forces behind ...

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Alexis de Tocqueville and Robert Michel’s remain some of the renowned and proficient scholars who contributed in the development of sociology. They published and wrote numerous sociological materials in pursuit of addressing social constructs and challenges that faced humanity. Their social background, education, and career are some of the pertinent factors that played an integral role in shaping ideas, thoughts and argument brought forth by these scholars. The paper compares and contrast Alexis de Tocqueville and Robert Michel’s and their contribution in sociology discipline.

Alexis de Tocqueville

Alexis Charles Henri de Tocqueville was a renowned French historian, policy maker, and political ...

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Benjamin Franklin is arguably one of the most alluded to individuals by today’s scholars and philosophers. He is a source of inspiration to many people through his literary work, his life as an inventor, politician, a printer and a scientist. It is not fallacious that Benjamin Franklin paved and shone the light for today’s crop of scientists. Yet in his grandeur and spectacular, he believed in very basic ideals. As will be espoused in the paper, he believed in virtue to civic duty and personal life, personal conduct and learning how to read and write. While some of his beliefs ...

The cutting of trees did affect wildlife populations adversely. This was common in west of Appalachians. Trees do provide a natural habitat for wildlife. The wildlife population did decline. Wildlife populations do thrive in natural settings. The settlement of people in the forests led to decline in bear and deer populations. There was a disappearance of Bisson in the area of the Mississippi (east). The decline was as a result of clearance of 1850, 100, 000, 000 acres of the forest. The climate and environment suffer greatly due to deforestation. Soil erosion is common and major problem. The water tables in ...

Religion forms a fundamental part of a community. One of the major religions in China is Confucianism founded by Kung Fu-tse, a Chinese sage. The name ‘Confucius’ is the Latin name for Kung Fu-tse. Confucianism not only exists in China but has also in Korea and Japan. Additionally, nearly 26,000 people in North America strongly belief in Confucianism. Research has shown that the religion has more than six million followers around the globe. Unlike other World religions, followers of Confucianism believe neither in the existence of a supreme being nor in life after death. Owing to this, many people argue that it ...

Mikhail Gorbachez is a well known former and last President of former USSR. He was the Secretary of the Communist Party of Soviet Union (1985-1991) and the last President of USSR since 1988 to his resignation and the dissolution of USSR in 1991. He is a holder of a Nobel Peace Prize (1990) for his work in the peace process. Together with Bill Clinton, he received a Grammy Award for the Best Spoken Word Album for Children in the recording of Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf. In 1995, he released his autobiography in Germany and in the United States of America in ...

Franklin Delano Roosevelt served as America’s 32nd President. He came into power during The Great Depression and is one of the leaders who made a great impact in American economy and politics. His famous for championing for the New Deal; that was geared towards lifting America out of it then economic crisis. Both his critics and supporters would agree that he was one of America’s most influential presidents. Below is a short biographical account of Roosevelt’s life, political career and contributions to the American economy.

Early Life and Education

Roosevelt was born on January 30, 1882 in Hyde Park, ...