Complete the assignment in a single word document and submit it to complete the assignment. all papers should be word-processed and cited in the style you are most familiar with (such as apa, mla, or chicago). your paper should be approximately 400–600 words, or two to three double-spaced pages, in times new roman" with 12-point font and indented paragraphs. all papers must be free from typographical and spelling mistakes. errors of grammar, syntax, and composition affect the assignment grade. include a word count in your submission. choose either the kennedy or reagan speech and answer the following questions:
a) what was the purpose of this speech?
b) do you believe the speaker achieved this purpose?
c) what was the occasion of this addre?

Reagan's Speech

Explanation:

In support of Goldwater, Reagan delivers the televised speech in LA, "Time for Choosing" on 27th October 1964. The speech launches Reagan to national prominence. His belief in the importance of smaller government was rightly quoted in words” The Founding Fathers knew a government can't control the economy without controlling people. And they knew when a government sets out to do that, it must use force and coercion to achieve its purpose. So, we have come to a time for choosing.”

He also said, "You and I are told we must choose between a left or right, but I suggest there is no such thing as a left or right. There is only an up or down. Up to man's age-old dream – the maximum of individual freedom consistent with law and order – or down to the ant heap of totalitarianism."

The Reagan whom Americans saw on the night of Oct. 27, 1964, was not the avuncular, optimistic Reagan of his film roles, or of his subsequent political career that emphasized “morning in America” and the “shining city on a hill,” but a comparatively angry and serious Reagan, serving up partisan red meat against liberalism and the Democrats. “Our natural, unalienable rights are now considered to be a dispensation of government,” he declared, “and freedom has never been so fragile, so close to slipping from our grasp as it is at this moment.”

The speech raised $1 million for Goldwater's campaign, and is considered the event that launched Reagan's political career. His speech is considered one of the most effective ever mad. Nevertheless, Barry Goldwater lost the election by one of the largest margins in history.  

The speech couldn’t save Goldwater. And his landslide defeat by President Lyndon Johnson was thought at the time to represent a sweeping repudiation of conservatism. Yet “A Time for Choosing” created a groundswell of support for Reagan’s own entry into electoral politics two years later. It also provided a template ,an understanding of government as ruinously ambitious and out of control, projecting weakness and uncertainty to our enemies abroad that still defines conservatism today.

Reagan delivered a deeply ideological speech, with strong attacks on liberalism and its vessel, the Democratic Party of LBJ’s Great Society era. In this vote-harvesting time, Reagan said early in the speech, “they use terms like the ‘Great Society,’ or as we were told a few days ago by the president, we must accept a greater government activity in the affairs of the people.”

Soon afterwards, Reagan was asked to run for Governor of California. He ran for office and won election in 1966. Reagan was later dubbed the "Great Communicator" in recognition of his effective oratory skills. Former Reagan speechwriter Ken Khachigian wrote, "What made him the Great Communicator was Ronald Reagan's determination and ability to educate his audience, to bring his ideas to life by using illustrations and word pictures to make his arguments vivid to the mind's eye. In short: he was America's Teacher."

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