Michael Gerson: Rick Perry Emerges as a Responsible Voice Among Republicans
Washington Post's Michael Gerson constructs his article "Rick Perry Emerges as a Responsible Voice Among Republicans" to praise Rick Perry for speaking against Donald Trump's outrageous claims. Gerson begins his article by providing a brief introduction of Rick Perry with the intent of establishing Perry's credibility and hinting at future topics. Gerson introduces Perry through the statement "some of the clearest leadership has emerged from an unexpected source: former Texas governor Rick Perry" (Gerson). Perry was credited with the phrase clearest leadership to foreshadow the topic of Trumps self opposing view points that Perry will confront later in the article. Gerson goes on to describe Perry's awesome bash on Trump's desire to become Commander-in-Chief of the U.S. Armed Forces to support his previous declaration of Perry as the reasonable voice of Republicans. Gerson heavily supports Perry through his claim that Trump needs to be "not only defeated but discredited" (Gerson) before summarizing how Perry exposes Trump through one of his responses to Trumps self declared entitlement to control of the U.S. Armed Forces. Identifying Perry's response as exposing Trump aims to prove he succeeded at defeating and discrediting Trump's claim. Gerson succeeded at naming Rick Perry as the voice of Republicans and bashing Trump by describing Perry's credibility and discussing how Perry discredited Trumps arguments.