For Unit 2, I am thinking about using John McCains choice of Sarah Palin as my topic. I am thinking I would use this because I would be able to find many primary sources about this topic. Also, Sarah Palin is the topic of many talk shows and blogs right now. It will be interesting to find things that support her and do not support her. There are many SNL skits and blogs about this topic which would also help in my research.
I was also thinking, however, about doing something historical like Roe v. Wade or civil rights movement. All these things seem to be very good research topics to me because I would be able to learn a lot as well as making an argument and a rhetorical case study. I could also find many things on these historical movement that would support and not support these topics. Although it would be hard to find blogs and things of that matter there are other things I could look for like personal stories or even a re-enactment of something of big significance like these.
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I think that the choice of McCain choosing Palin woudl be great because there are definately a lot of primary sources about that right now. It also is a controversy because there has never been a woman before in office so I woudl be interested to see people's thoughts on this.
I think you will definately have more than enough primary sources to chose from if you decide on McCain/Palin. Your other two choices would have plenty of primary sources but you would probably have to work a little harder to find the ones you want. Plus there wouldn't be any SNL skits about them and that would be an interesting source to use. Good Luck!
The topic of McCain choosing Palin as his running mate would make for a very interesting analysis. Especially because it is a defining moment in history. While I do not know if this could or should be included in your paper, it would interesting to see how this election will set a precedent for the future, not just peoples current thoughts on the issue. Good luck!
I think the Roe vs Wade is a good choice, but if I was choosing between the two, I'd probably go with Sarah Palin. Not only cause she's attractive, but because it would be more fun, and you'd learn a lot about this year's election. To be honest, I still don't even know why McCain chose her, so I'd be interested in reading up on the topic.
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