Bush would be a good guy to look at as far as a president that used pathos, especially in the last election. One of Bush's strategies for the election was to play on America's emotional appeal to religion and how we are loosing faith as a nation. This seemed to work cause all i heard on kfan for a week were people talking about what a religous man Bush was. If a president can win an election on pathos i bet we can pass a speech!
Posted by onke0009 at January 26, 2005 11:39 PMAlong with pathos, you can also look to the presidential debates for ethos. Enfasis on military service alone as a type of crediblility and the amount of energy that was put into each candidate's campaign to build up or defend ethos really shows its importance.
Posted by: wall0552 at January 27, 2005 01:09 AM