Presidential Campain Speech

Hello, my name is Franklin Pierce. I have run before in 1853 and was elected as the 14th president. I was 49 years old and I served one four-year term. I was not reelected in 1858 so I am running now in 2008. I graduated from Bowdoin College in 1824 and became a lawyer. Politics was always a high quality in my family since my father was a two-term governor of New Hampshire. Before the age of thirty I had served in the New Hampshire legislature and had been elected to the U.S. Congress. There I served as both a congressman and senator. I soon developed a drinking problem that I regret now but when I met my wife I became a happier person. I married Jane Means Appleton in 1834. She didn’t live with me in Washington. Even after I became president she didn’t want to live in Washington. She disliked the atmosphere of the political life. In 1841 I resigned from the Senate because I wanted to spend more time with my family. Soon I felt like I needed to serve my nation and I fought in the Mexican-American War. Then in 1853 I was elected President at a time of tension between the North and South.


It is true that I was one of the least favorite presidents but I created more territory in nation, which is now the United States. I came into presidency at a time when decisions needed to be made. Land was being divided up, slavery was still happening, and wars were happening. While I was president trade in Central America and Asia was expanded, and additional land was bought from Mexico. I also started debate on purchasing Alaska, the Hawaiian Islands, Nicaragua, Formosa, the Dominican Republic, the Guano islands of the Pacific, and Cuba. I created the territory of Arizona and settled the dispute between Mexico and America. I also settled a fishery question that was brought up between the trading routes. I clear up all tension with peace.


During my term, slavery was the largest issue at hand. I was a Northerner who was pro-South. I considered slavery a social and political evil I believed that the issue should be decided by the individual states, and as President it was my job to enforce the nation's laws. I created the The Kansas-Nebraska bill, which was controversial. People in the north did not agree because The Missouri Compromise, which had drawn a line across the country and said that slavery was banned anywhere north of that line was still in effect. When the Civil War occurred, if you were seen as pro-South at any time in your life you were seen as a traitor to the nation. You were also seen as someone who helped bring the war. That is the reason people didn’t like me as president.


When I take the time to think about my presidency I think about the suffered tragedy in my personal life with all three of my children dying and as president that made decisions which were criticized gave me the reputation as one of the worst presidents in U.S. history. I have been told I have good looks and an easy personality which caused me to make many friends which helped with my presidency and peacemaking. I played an active role in trying to improve the welfare of the country at the time. I also rebuilt the Navy replacing sailing ships with steam ships, increased the size of the Army, and gave its soldiers modern rifles. I believe I had an impact on the country's economy. My personal reputation was a good one. "He was one of the most honest Presidents we had in the 19th century. There was not a single scandal of corruption or embezzlement (fraud) in the Pierce administration," says Simões. "Three of his cabinet members were considered among the five best cabinet members of the century," adds Wallner. The people liked me as President. Maybe not the choices I made, but they liked me.


I want to get re-elected for President because I want to change the world and economy today. Some topics that are important to people in the world today include, the war in Iraq, the environment, foreign policy, healthcare, immigration, and social security. I will start off with social security because that is what our nation is having trouble with the most. National debt is raising higher and higher every second creating taxes to raise and social security to lower. During my previous presidency I was an important key in improving welfare in the country. I believe that every person should have the right to get social security because they have been paying for someone else’s social security their entire adult lives.


War in Iraq is a lose-lose situation. The Iraqis are not getting a better government, which is the reason President Bush sent troops over to the Middle East in the first place. And America is losing in this fight too. Yes, we are the strongest military unit in the world, but how many more men and women can we possibly lose? Yes, I realize that the Civil War was partially blamed on me but the Civil War that happened in America only included America. No other countries. As of September 14, 2007, just over a year ago, 36 countries were included into the War in Iraq. The causalities in Iraq consist of Iraqi civilians and in second place is a tie between Iraqi soldiers and American soldiers. The war in Iraq needs to stop and the only way to do that is to create peace and stop using weapons.


Immigration is an on going process that started in 1907 with the US Immigration Act. This included reorganization of the states bordering Mexico into Mexican Border District to stem the flow of immigrants into the United States. Now there is a wall on the Mexican border. If we have a wall there why don’t we have a wall to Canada? The United States came together as one after all of the battles we fought against each other. Americans consist of Canadians, United States citizens, and Mexicans. The Canadians and Mexicans should be welcome but we have to set some sort of rules. People cannot live in any country illegally. Papers must be signed and people must live as a citizen of the country they live in.


The United States is the richest country in the world in books. When it comes to reality the United States of America has poverty. Almost everywhere. People are starving, poor, and living on the streets. America’s healthcare needs to change. American citizens die everyday because of no healthcare while living in the country that is supposed to make them be in the land of the free and the home of the brave. I don’t think we are making America a very healthy place to live. If we create a healthcare plan that is a good balance between a persons total income of salary and what they need in regards of healthcare. Then the healthcare could benefit the people who don’t have money and the people that do have money.


Started out with factories and power plants, now it’s global warming? Global warming is infrared radiation that heats up the planet with the greenhouse effect. The only way to effectively slow down the process of global warming is by cutting down carbon emissions. We can use Photovoltaic Panels, Wind Turbines, Domestic and Commercial Solar Hot Water Heating, and Hybrid Solar Air Conditioning.


Remember to re-elect me, Franklin Pierce. I promise you I am the best.