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‘I,’ ‘Me,’ ‘My’—Obama Uses First Person Singular 199 Times in Speech Vowing Unilateral Action
CNSNEWS ^ | July 11, 2014 - 8:56 PM | Terence P. Jeffrey

Posted on 07/12/2014 3:53:14 PM PDT by yoe

Not counting instances when he quoted a letter from a citizen or cited dialogue from a movie, President Barack Obama used the first person singular--including the pronouns "I" and "me" and the adjective "my"--199 times in a speech he delivered Thursday vowing to use unilateral executive action to achieve his policy goals that Congress would not enact through the normal, constitutional legislative process.

“It is lonely, me just doing stuff,” Obama said at the speech in Austin, Texas, (according to the official transcript and video)posted on the White House website.

“I’m just telling the truth now,” Obama told the crowd. “I don't have to run for office again, so I can just let her rip. And I want to assure you, I’m really not that partisan of a guy.”

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: duplicate; ime; obamalawless; obamaspeech
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To: yoe

I took a shot every time he uttered either of those during the first SOTU...I know I wasn’t the only one...

...I think he’s onto us.


21 posted on 07/12/2014 9:18:51 PM PDT by logi_cal869
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To: panaxanax

I wonder how many packs of cigs is he up to now per day? Does Moochelle abide? I believe not.


22 posted on 07/13/2014 7:17:28 PM PDT by Hotlanta Mike (‘You can avoid reality, but you can’t avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.’)
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