I’m getting my list together for the Obama Speech Drinking Game:
“our crumbling infrastructure”
“green jobs”
“get America back to work”
“invest in our future”
“put partisanship aside”
“I’m asking you to join me”
“I believe we can build a better America”
“9/11”
“ten years ago”
“tough times”
“but we are tougher”
“Some are saying”
“the wealthiest among us”
“We are a resilient people”
“From (somewhere) to (somewhere) and to the (something) (somewhere)”
“Get this economy moving”
“for all of us”
“Our children are our future”
“I remember my grandma Toot always saying. . . .”
“The (occupation) in (city), the (occupation) in (city), and the (adjective) (occupation) (phrase) in (city). . . .” For example: “We need to . . . blah blah blah . . . for the bricklayer in Boston, the auto worker in Detroit, and the struggling single mother going to night school and raising her kids in Chicago. . . .”
And, of course, the standard “Let me be clear,” “Make no mistake,” and “As I’ve said before.”
(One word you will NOT hear: “stimulus.” Not good politically.)
Add - “SOME FOLKS, MOST FOLKS, WORKING CLASS FOLKS AND MIDDLE CLASS FOLKS”