Perspectives

This part of the study guide will help you relate Arnold Schwarzenegger's speech at the Republican National Convention from 2004 to other speeches, current issues, and thematic perspective…

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Current issues

The speech was delivered in 2004 and focused on issues like immigration, the American Dream, terrorism, and on George W. Bush’s re-election. Now, 13 years later, we know that George W. Bush was re-elected in 2004 as US President, but that his second term made him much less popular with the American public.

His decrease in popularity was mainly caused by the prolonged war in Iraq. No…

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Thematic and textual perspectives

Arnold Schwarzenegger's speech at the Republican National Convention from 2004 explores themes like immigration and the American Dream, and terrorism. In your analysis, we encourage you to look at other political speeches that explore these themes.

For example, Donald J. Trump's Republican Nomination acceptance speech from 2016 is also a Republican speech during presidential electi…