Jim Wright's resignation speech: de‐legitimization or redemption?

• Catherine Ann Collins ^[1] ; Jeanne E. Clark ^[1]
  1. [1] Willamette University

     Willamette University

     Estados Unidos

     
• Localización: Southern communication journal, ISSN 1041-794X, Vol. 58, nº 1, 1992, págs. 67-75
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Tarnished political figures de‐legitimize the roles, values, and political spectacle they represent. Jim Wright's resignation as Speaker of the House serves as a case study in de‐legitimizing rhetoric which postures the form of Burkean redemption. Wright's attempt at a rhetoric of propitiation fails when he refuses to admit blame, seeking instead to be the “blameless” goat of redemption for a polluted Congressional scene.