At the time, Senator John F. Kennedy, stopped along his campaign tour at the Loyola College Alumni Banquet in Baltimore, Maryland on February 18, 1958. In his speech, he said the words, "Let us not seek the Republican answer or the Democratic answer, but the right answer. Let us not seek to fix the blame for the past. Let us accept our own responsibility for the future," which rang true throughout the struggling nation, ultimately being a large factor in getting him elected.
President Kennedy utilized logos, pathos and ethos within his speech to capture the attention of his audience, the nation and generations to come. President Kennedy's speech not only echoed truth throughout the nation in 1958, but his words have stood the test of time. Having ever evolved in meaning, President Kennedy's ideas have yet to lack in truth. Being a Senator at the time, President Kennedy was not lacking in credibility. His authoritativeness and clear political background drove his ethos and caused for the public to latch on to his statement, only to become more profound as the years passed and his legacy has grown. His figure, coupled with the appeal of his party-less political views, captured the hearts of his audience. His logic- first approach behind fixing the nations problems appealed to voters nationwide with the correct solution, not "the right's" or "the left's" solutions fueling a fire under a nation struggling to get their feet under them again. .
Almost 50 years later, the words of President Kennedy reign true for a United States struggling once more to right itself. On October 1st, 2013, the United States federal government shutdown most of its operations and closed the economy following a congressional disagreement and failure to pass legislature dividing funding and appropriations for the 2014 fiscal year. Over the fifteen day shutdown 800,000 federal employees were placed on furlough and another 1.
