TOW #2: Piece of Non-Fiction

In the editorial Crazy Talk at the Republican Debate, The Editorial Board at The New York Times writes and further elaborates on the points brought up at the Republican debate, along with the negative connotations with them.  The Editorial Board attempts to establish ethos into their editorial by directly quoting the Republican candidates; giving credibility to the author in order to further prove their point that the Republican candidates are in way over there heads.  One example of this in particular would be how the author refers to the parties views on illegal immigration.  The author even goes as far as to correlate these views on immigration to “a 21st-century Trail of Tears” (www.nytimes.com 5).  Through this comparison, the author makes the Republican party to appear as not only the party that is wrong for this country, but as a violent and unforgivable force to people of all races other than Caucasian.  While this editorial may appear to be one aimed towards Democratic supporters, it is actually aimed directly towards the supporters of the Republican party.  This is because this editorial is meant to persuade more American citizens to support the Democratic candidates over the candidates of the Republican party.  While The Editorial Board manages to bring up some excellent points as to why to support the Democratic party rather than the rather violent Republicans, I believe that the editorial was poorly put together.  Yes, the evidence was there to support their point, however, there was no counter argument as to why someone should support the Democratic side of the election over the Republicans.  Because of this, the essay can easily be seen as an informative editorial rather than a persuasive one.  This is where the author lacked as far as the content of their editorial went.  I do believe that the editorial had the potential to be very strong, however, this was a mistake by the author that cannot be made up for.    

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/18/opinion/crazy-talk-at-the-republican-debate.html