John McCain's concession speech

John McCain handled his concession speech very maturely and respectfully. When people started booing Barack Obama, McCain was very humble and simply shook his head, gesturing that he was not going put up with that kind of behavior. This proves McCain's modest personality. He was very respectful towards Obama by recognizing what a historical election this truly was, and saying Obama and himself both love this country. He uses a good amount of logos mentioning President T. Roosvelt and Booker T. Washington. He uses pathos by talking about how he is sad that Obama's grandmother could not be there to see her grandson become the next President. Also, I think it was very effective that he did not only talk about the election, but he said how the country needs to unite, despite their differences. Whenever the crowd began to cheer for him, he thanked them for all of their support, but acknowledges the failure was his own and he will not dwell on it. He uses pathos by thanking his wife, mother, and the rest of his family. All in all, I believe McCain did a wonderful and effective job in his concession speech.

Old President Speech

I looked at George Bush's 2000 acceptance speech. Bush began his speech with thinking his supporters, family, God, and Al Gore. He thanks Al Gore several times and makes several references at him being a good man; Bush does this in order to prove to the country that he is a respectful and modest man. He does not appear boastful or gleeful. Rather, he is very humble in his acceptance and makes a point to let the viewer know than he knows he did not win this election alone. He had a lot of people help him out and he acknowledges all of those people. Also, he strongly stresses that just because his Republican party won does not mean he is going to over look every single Democratic idea. He encourages the American people to join together in order to make our country stronger, and a better place for every citizen to live. Also, he takes long pauses in his speech to leave room for the audience to respond and clap. He does this so that the viewer knows he has supporters in the room with him cheering him on. He ends his speech with more pathos and ethos to make himself more relatable to the audience. Also, he says the typical "God Bless America" as a strong statement to end his speech.