Ron Paul

This article http://www.ronpaul2012.com/who-is-ron-paul/  is a biography about Ron Paul from his campaign website. Because of this, the author’s purpose is, obviously, to persuade people that because of his previous career, Ron Paul is the best candidate for president. There are a lot of persuasive strategies used in this article. For example, ethos is used when the article refers to Paul as “Dr. Paul”, to show people that he must be reliable because he is a doctor. Also, logos was used when the article says that “Dr. Paul has delivered more than 4,000 babies!” to again show people that he is trustworthy.

            The author’s viewpoint, similar to the purpose, is that Ron Paul should be the next President of the US. This is shown with the use of slanted language, using connotations such as “premier advocate” and “voluntarily relinquished”. Also, the author uses a chronological text structure to show how long Paul’s career has been and the many things that he has done.

            I think that this is an accurate source in terms of facts about Ron Paul, but so much of it has opinion that you have to be careful as to the “effect” of all of his “causes”. Since this article is from his campaign website, all the information should be true because it comes directly from the source. So, in terms of the quality of this evidence, it is good, but you wouldn’t want to go to this website for pure, objective facts.