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alright people were still on the Obama inauguration speech 2013 another

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question for you here we go what is that rhetorical effect I'm starting paragraph [text on screen]

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11 with the phrase beautiful let's go back here to line 70 and reread the

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sentence there for we the people understand our country cannot succeed

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when a shrinking few do very well and a growing in the many barely make it well

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the correct answer and it's not a Nazi yeah let's go with D

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yeah that's the right answer okay well we the people is famously

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taken from the preamble to the United States Constitution earlier in the

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speech Obama recites a phrase from the Declaration of Independence by

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referencing these American foundational documents Obama's showing how patriotic

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he is woohoo cuz that's what the president's supposed to be right he's [picture of Obama]

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aligning his message to the sterling patriotic reputations of those documents

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its patriotism by association right like everyone wants to be associated with a [Obama and bolt posing]

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winner well the election was somewhat bitter as many are somewhat Obama isn't

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here to dwell on exactly how the election went however so get rid of a [text on screen]

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he's all about moving forward but he doesn't cite any measures he hopes to

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take in regard to a civility so get rid of C and while many presidents use

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tactics to seem normal and relatable kind of average Joe human beings but

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name-dropping famous historical documents is not exactly one of them the

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answer is D you know with presidents a patriot and a check his underwear there

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it's got red white and blue stripes on it doesn't it [underwear with flag patter hanging to dry]

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