Posted on 10/04/2009 9:45:22 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
George Will: Obama Went to Copenhagen to Speak About Himself By Noel Sheppard Created 2009-10-04 12:10
On Sunday, ABC's George Will uttered an inconvenient truth about Barack Obama that his adoring media have been ignoring since he first threw his hat into the presidential ring in February 2007: his rhetoric is filled with constant references to himself.
To prove the point on the most recent installment of "This Week," Will counted the number of times Mr. and Mrs. Obama used the words "I" and "me" during their speeches in Copenhagen Friday.
The numbers are shocking making it likely in Will's view that the word "vain" is going to eventually attach itself to Obama (video embedded below the fold with transcript):
What's alarming is whether it indicates a belief on the part of the President which is that there is no problem that will not melt before the sunshine of his charm. And this is evidence again that it's not so. The President and First Lady went to Copenhagen and gave little speeches about themselves. She, Mrs. Obama, used the first-person singular pronoun in some form or another, "I" or "me", sixteen, 34 times in sixteen paragraphs. He used it 23 times in thirteen paragraphs. It was all about them, and the danger is an adjective sooner or later attaches to presidents. Honest Abe, Tricky Dick Nixon. All kinds of adjectives. The danger to the President is that Vain is going to attach to him.
Precisely.
The only question is when will other Obama-loving media members begin to realize this?
This seems especially important given the press's complicity in helping Obama create his Cult of Personality [0].
Ah, I had missed the middle name as an option. Very good!
Tagline bump!
Using “marxist” as a modifier always works for me.
The best photo yet, hats off to Normal Rockwell.
The artist is a genius.
Prefident Barrack-Husvain-Obama
From online dictionary;
Pref”i*dent\, a. [Cf. L. praefidens overconfident. See Pre-, and Confident.] overconfident. [Obs.] —Baxter.
As the line from the show “Chicago” (how appropriate!) goes, give ‘em enough razzle dazzle, and they’ll make you a star!
“Man of La Mancha” has a lyric that reminds me of 0 too: A man with moonlight in his hands had nothing there at all.
I am prepared to take incoming over this but I’m suprised Bro had the stones to go pitch Chicago if it wasn’t a done deal.
Imagine the media and comic howl had Bush done that and failed.
BARACK SOVAIN OBAMA.
Very Nicely Said Thank You
mmmmmm, mmmmmm, mmmmmm
““Man of La Mancha” has a lyric that reminds me of 0 too: A man with moonlight in his hands had nothing there at all.”
Brilliant! A slight twist of that thought reminds me of McCain. A guy clinging desperately to the spotlight leaves the stage empty handed.
i heard rush using that on friday. where did that come from?
Prefident Barrack-Husvain-Obama
Or, Prefident Barrack-Who’svain-Obama
“And that awareness, burning a hole in the part of their mind that is still honest, eventually turns them bitter and mean, with massive chips on their shoulders. It’s got to be someone’s fault that they feel so empty, that they carry this constant fear that they’ll be found out, that someone will point out that they’re phonies, poseurs, frauds.”
Hence his love affair with the camera. There’s no “there” there unless he can see it projected onto some screen. I don’t remember either of the Bushs publicizing each and every dinner date! I couldn’t have cared less. I don’t WANT these people in my face multiple times every day! This couple is a total fabrication. In my darkest moments, I wonder how in the world we’re going to make it these next 3 1/2 (or possibly 7) more years.
I don’t think the Daley machine gave him any choice.
remember less than 2 weeks ago odumbo said he was not going, that he had too much to do here.
he got ordered to go
I love how the Dane papers say he turned people off with his arrogance.
Obama never speaks of anything but himself.
LOL! Surely not Ethelred the Unready! One of the great nicknames of history!
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