A really simple piece of rhetoric

First off, I'd like to say that I appreciate the ease of which both these more recent articles read. So organized! Wayyyyy less confusing than Aristotle. I thought Keith Grant-Davie's essay in particular was helpful, well organized, and gave rhetoric a better explanation than empty words used by those who want to manipulate their audience - which is what I've gathered is a main reason that people these days distance themselves from politics and rhetoric.

So anyway, I decided to go to my e-mail inbox to look for a piece of rhetoric. Several times during my college years, I foolishly added myself to an e-mail list. Now I pay for it by spending time each day deleting pieces of rhetoric that I have no interest in reading. In the previous election, I added myself to some Obama e-mail campaign list and so I receive these obnoxious e-mails. Many times the subject headings include my name--wow! so personal! And the e-mails are from Michelle or Barack Obama! Oh my god they're talking to me directly! I haven't taken myself off the e-mail list (too lazy) so I had one from Michelle herself right before the second debate. I retrieved it from my trash (so I guess that explains how I responded to it) to take a look at what she had to say...

Madeline -- When you watch the results come in on Election Night, you probably won't be thinking back to today. But the outcome will absolutely depend on what we do right now. We can win this the right way, but it's going to take every single one of us getting on board and pitching in what we can, when we can -- whether that's time, energy, or a few hard-earned dollars. I know Barack is going to be out there fighting hard up until the very end -- taking his case straight to the American people, talking with voters all across the country. We can't afford to come up short, so today, hours before our final FEC deadline, I'm asking you to take the next step in your support for this campaign. Chip in $5 or more right now -- please don't wait any longer: https://donate.barackobama.com/Deadline-Tonight Thanks, Michelle So as the heading states, this is a very simple piece of rhetoric, but a piece all the same. It has elements of exigence, audience, rhetor, and constraint. Exigence - what is the urgent situation needing change? I think there are a few 1. Barack Obama needs to win this election 2. We need more money! Audience - those who can help solve the exigence (I'd say this is audience invoked) so all of us who have joined the e-mail list are assumed to be Obama supporters who can solve this situation with our pocket books and our votes Rhetor - the different roles, who is the rhetor?? So the rhetor here is actually many different people. Michelle is one rhetor acting as the speaker to the audience, but the rhetors also include, whoever wrote this e-mail (it could be Michelle - or it could be someone else), the democratic party, and members of the obama campaign. Michelle also has different roles here as a wife, first lady, and mother Constraints - factors... -the upcoming election -the results of the first debate and how Obama came off looking weak (so they need more money, to campaign more, to make him look better!) So I guess my response to this piece, as an audience member, is to delete the e-mail, not give money, and make my decision on November 6th...I bet that the Obama campaign expects this from a certain percentage of those on the e-mail list, but I'd say that even though they expect some people not to pay, they still hope to negotiate the outcome of the election...