In the speeches that Bush has made, he’s been updating and informing us on what’s to expect of the future. The speeches that he has addressed contain several means of persuasion also known as propaganda. These works can be geared toward good causes as well as bad. Some different techniques and types of propaganda are name-calling, plain-folks appeal, and argumentum ad populum (stroking), and these each have their own way of persuading an audience. Bush’s “Address to a Joint Session of Congress and the American People” portrays these many techniques, and he uses these to shape our attitudes on the present events.

It was also said that the speech was to be a "two parter". The first part was mainly going to be informative, while the second part was to be the more inspirational, get ready for war and we’re going to win kind of speech, portion. If you think about it, the two-speech theory both were delivered in an executive tone. This works well when it comes to the informative portion of the speech, but not very well with the inspirational and emotional portion.

In my opinion, Bush did a good job in addressing our nation, and I feel that he chose the right words to use in the different techniques of propaganda that was portrayed in his speech. When he used the name-calling device, it did in fact make me think of the terrorists badly, and it made me feel as if they deserve no respect whatsoever. The plain-folks appeal effected me as well because it showed me that we’re on the same level, and he doesn’t think of himself any greater which means he can relate to us and do what we feel would be best. Argumentum ad populum, another technique that Bush used, gained my admiration because he reassured us by showing a lot of confidence and determination in fighting terrorism back. Sometimes, I couldn’t even make distinctions between propaganda and reasonable points. Consequently, Bush has definitely effected me, as an audience, when he used all of these propaganda devices.

Plain-folks appeal, a device where a speaker tries to win our confidence and support by appearing to be a person like ourselves, is another type of propaganda. Bush’s speech displays plain-folks appeal when he says, “My fellow citizens, for the last nine days, the entire world has seen for itself the state of our union.” He uses thi

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