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Related: About this forumObama's Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy
http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/277-75/11247-obamas-use-of-complete-sentences-stirs-controversyIn the first term in office, President Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the previous eight years through his controversial use of complete sentences, political observers say.
New polls indicate that millions of Americans are put off by the President's unorthodox verbal tic, which has Mr. Obama employing grammatically correct sentences virtually every time he opens his mouth.
Mr. Obama's decision to use complete sentences in his public pronouncements, as well as his insistence on the correct pronunciation of the word nuclear, has harmed his reelection hopes among millions of voters who find his unusual speaking style unfamiliar and bizarre.
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Obama's Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy (Original Post)
eridani
May 2012
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It's as if....like, um...he came from...ah, well, you know...some other...country.
BlueJazz
May 2012
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BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)1. It's as if....like, um...he came from...ah, well, you know...some other...country.
raccoon
(31,106 posts)2. I can't believe this isn't from the Onion. nt
GoCubsGo
(32,078 posts)3. But, it IS Andy Borowitz.
So, I think it's mostly a joke.
And his strange diplomatic and polite behavior to foreign dignitaries! Very odd. We are used to their getting shoulder massages from our President or being told to "bring it on."