Concession Speech by John Kerry

Kerry's concession speech was a very gracious and thank full speech. Kerry did express his frustration that he will not be the next president in the beginning. Especially, in the ways that the vote is calculated through a legal process and not by the voters. He apologizes to his supporters for not being able to represent his supporters and for not winning. He emphasizes later that his party will continue to "fight" for what they believe in and that he will continue to "fight" for what they believe in. The word choice, fight, that Kerry used at the beginning of every sentence in this section makes the readers and listeners of this speech believe that after this speech even after losing for the president Kerry can be trusted to continue to work on the ideas that he built his campaign off of. This helps Kerry in his career after the elections because if he does decide to run for any other position after his seat in the senate ran out then he could still have a strong democratic base and supporters. He sets himself up with this enlightening and encouraging section to keep up his supporters moral to help him later in his career and to not really burn any bridges. He also sets himself up for success at the beginning when he admits that there was not way that he was going to win based off Ohio but he encourages his party to support Bush and not allow the country to be split due to his loss. Kerry basically tells the American people to support and back Bush because we are America and we are stronger together. He tells them not to hold a grudge because of the loss. This also keeps Kerry from burning any bridges that could hurt him in his career if he so chooses to continue in politics. Kerry is very gracious and positive in all his diction through out this speech keeping an uplifting and positive mood. He did very well not to come off as too disappointed after the beginning section. Kerry was able through diction and how he presented himself in his voice and appearances to make the situation into a positive one. Also, a majority of his speech was focus don thanking his supporters. There was a huge chunk where he named certain supporters that he meet and thanked them by name. Also, he keep mentioning how much much he appreciated everything that they did for him. Once, again trying to continue that strong supporter base that, I believe, was his goal the whole speech. Kerry did do an very good job with his word choices to make his speech come off as gracious and thankful even if he was disappointed and I think that was the angle he was aiming for.