After Monday nights discussion in class, and watching Bill Clintons speech, when he lied about the whole Lewinsky scandal it really made me think about eloquence. Eloquence is an excellent delivery of a speech and how it can enhance one’s ethos. It is truly significant, especially for a president because it suggests a lot. It suggests what type of person you are, by pace, pitch, and eye contact and volume. Something that Bill Clinton honestly didn’t have any of when he gave his speech that night. Eloquence also can be used by ones gestures and has a great deal of efforts to persuade. Watching Bill Clinton speak, it made me think what exactly his style even is. It clearly wasn’t a high style context; it was more of a low with just everyday language. I truly felt like he was all over the place.
President Bill Clinton was all over the place, and still to this day it’s hard to actually know what happened. When reading articles on this scandal I found one from CBS News titled “Monica Lewinsky Says Bill Clinton Lied Under Oath.” In this article author Stephanie Condon discusses how Monica Lewinsky say’s Clinton made up many lies saying “There was no leeway on the veracity of his statements because they asked him detailed and specific questions to which he answered untruthfully," Lewinsky reported. This goes back to the whole idea of the four stages of Apologa, denial, bolstering, differentiation, and transcendence. Since Clinton lied the first time during his speech, it was hard to believe him the second time around. I believe former president Bill Clinton really doesn’t have any eloquence. He definitely expressed many different emotions but he didn’t do it in a convincing way. He only tried to make himself better in the beginning, which didn’t help anything.
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-5992393-503544.html
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Good post. I agree that eloquence tells what type of person you are. The pace, pitch, tone, eye contact and volume are all very important in what you want the audience to get out of your speech. The eloquence of the speech does suggest a lot because you can tell if the person it truly involved in what they are saying and their emotions are shown through these implications.
ReplyDeleteI agree that it was hard to follow Clinton after his first speech where he lied and stated that he did not have sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky. But in his second speech i found him to be more calm although that did not make me feel ok about the things he did i did like how he stated that there was more important things to worry about in a sterm, strong and caring voice. I agree with him that there were more important things for the American people to worry about rather than his scandal and that showed his character for America as a nation.
I like that you brought back up the Bill Clinton and Monica Lewinsky scandal. After his first speech that consisted of him denying his affair with Lewinsky, it is obvious his second speech consists of him explaining himself rather than a sincere apology (apologia). I am still in shock of his denial during the first speech because he seemed so sincere, confident, and persuasive when he denied his relationship with Lewinsky. I agree that it is hard to believe he is telling the truth during his second speech because of his lies during the first speech. I also agree that Clinton does not have eloquence because he did not give his second speech in a convincing way and you could tell he was doing it simply for his own well-being.
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