From Competition to Unity: A Rhetorical Analysis of Al Gore’s use of Public Memory in his 2000 Presidential Concession Speech

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Brief Overview

This paper is a rhetorical analysis of Al Gore's 2000 Presidential Concession Speech. A close analysis of Gore's speech indicates that he tried to position this concession as the way forward that best preserved democratic institutions.

Author

• Riley Miller, James Madison University