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In 12 Minute Speech to America About Mass Shooting, Obama Refers to Himself 28 Times
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| October 1, 2015
| grabien.com
Posted on 10/01/2015 5:32:35 PM PDT by John W
Less than six hours after the mass shooting today in Roseburg, Ore., President Obama called a press conference to demand new gun laws, a move he predicted would spur critics to accuse him of politicizing the issue. If they don’t accuse him of that, they might accuse him of making the tragedy about himself.
During today’s 12-minute address, President Obama referred to himself 28 times. (For those counting at home, that's almost three times per minute.)
Note that in arriving at this calculation, we included mentions of "we" when he was clearly including himself as part of the plural pronoun; the many uses of "we" in referring to America at large were not included.
TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: chrisharpermercer; oregon; roseburg; umpqua
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posted on
10/01/2015 5:32:35 PM PDT
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John W
To: John W
How does that compare to the typical Trump speech?
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posted on
10/01/2015 5:33:24 PM PDT
by
Artemis Webb
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To: Artemis Webb
right- cause Trump’s the president...
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posted on
10/01/2015 5:34:47 PM PDT
by
God luvs America
(63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
To: John W
How unexpected.
What an asshat.
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posted on
10/01/2015 5:35:10 PM PDT
by
mylife
To: Artemis Webb
Doubt even Trump could trump Obama in the narcissist category.
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posted on
10/01/2015 5:35:35 PM PDT
by
John W
(Less Than Two Years of ISIS Best Friend Left)
To: God luvs America
I’m just trying to draw a comparison between outsized egos. I’m not justifying it.
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posted on
10/01/2015 5:36:20 PM PDT
by
Artemis Webb
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To: John W
They both have exceedingly high opinions of themselves.
I’m not a supporter of Trump, but I’d hope what we can all agree on is the day Obama leaves office will be one of the greatest days in America in some time.
To: John W
Gotta get out in front and make political points before anyone knows who this POS was.
BTW I'm certain Obama already knows.
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posted on
10/01/2015 5:37:11 PM PDT
by
skeeter
To: John W
"Doubt even Trump could trump Obama in the narcissist category." Probably true. Plus i like and trust Trump more.
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posted on
10/01/2015 5:37:17 PM PDT
by
Artemis Webb
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To: Artemis Webb
Trump still on top and it drives you crazy, that you have to come on a thread about Obama to bring him up. SMH.
To: American Faith Today
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posted on
10/01/2015 5:37:57 PM PDT
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Artemis Webb
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To: Artemis Webb
criticize Trump all you want but he has past successes to back his ego...the POS community organizer has done nothing but lie and race bait to get where he’s at...
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posted on
10/01/2015 5:38:35 PM PDT
by
God luvs America
(63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
To: John W
Friend of mine played the drinking game during one of Obama’s SOTU speeches. Took a drink every time Obama used a first person pronoun — I, me, my, mine, etc. Friend was so wasted, he never got up for work the next morning.
To: hotsteppa
Doesn’t drive me crazy in the least. I’m not opposed to Trump nor do I support him. I just wish he’d act like a grown up.
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10/01/2015 5:39:18 PM PDT
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Artemis Webb
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To: God luvs America
I totally agree with the part about “the POS community organizer”. But while Trump has successes he also has failures. That's not a criticism. In the type of business dealings he has there will also be failures. Rather my statement is targeted at those who deify him.
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posted on
10/01/2015 5:43:13 PM PDT
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Artemis Webb
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To: John W
I'm so pretty. I'm so pretty. I go preening and prancing around.
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posted on
10/01/2015 5:43:28 PM PDT
by
Ray76
To: John W
Not as much as Trump does. They should have a contest.
To: hotsteppa
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posted on
10/01/2015 5:44:37 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
To: nickcarraway
You’re obviously a troll for the GOPe. /s
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posted on
10/01/2015 5:47:11 PM PDT
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Artemis Webb
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