Change we can believe in??

The author, Jerry Holbert, clearly establishes his claim in the art above through mimicking both proposed policies of the past President, George W. Bush and President elect, Barack Obama. In the article, the words "I Plan on large Tax Cuts and increased spending" remain unchanged and the words "Now and Then" are enlargened as to signify that there is no change.

Ironically, at the bottom of the piece, he writes "Change we can believe in!" Thus, he is also critiquing the slogan of President elect, Barack Obama's campaign that change has yet to have taken place when the same old procedures used by previous President to degrade the economy and the prestige way of life are still being adopted by new presidents.

Such claim is one of value as the author analyses the current history of events with the ones of the present and makes a logical judgment. However, in my opinion, he fails because individuals belong to differing social hierachy. Therefore not all may suffer as rigidly as some. The writer appeals to the lower class and some middle class who's value consensus are often times similar.

The type of appeal used is logos. He uses logos here to appeal to the people's way of thinking. To illustrate that not every this a politician says is believable or credible and nothing changes.