http://www.borowitzreport.com/article.aspx?ID=6961

Quote:In the first two weeks since the election, President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the past eight years through his controversial use of complete sentences, political observers say.

Millions of Americans who watched Mr. Obama's appearance on CBS' "Sixty Minutes" on Sunday witnessed the president-elect's unorthodox verbal tick, which had Mr. Obama employing grammatically correct sentences virtually every time he opened his mouth.

But Mr. Obama's decision to use complete sentences in his public pronouncements carries with it certain risks, since after the last eight years many Americans may find his odd speaking style jarring.

According to presidential historian Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota, some Americans might find it "alienating" to have a President who speaks English as if it were his first language.

"Every time Obama opens his mouth, his subjects and verbs are in agreement," says Mr. Logsdon. "If he keeps it up, he is running the risk of sounding like an elitist."

The historian said that if Mr. Obama insists on using complete sentences in his speeches, the public may find itself saying, "Okay, subject, predicate, subject predicate - we get it, stop showing off."

The President-elect's stubborn insistence on using complete sentences has already attracted a rebuke from one of his harshest critics, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska.

"Talking with complete sentences there and also too talking in a way that ordinary Americans like Joe the Plumber and Tito the Builder can't really do there, I think needing to do that isn't tapping into what Americans are needing also," she said.

I can't beleive the liberal media is lettin him get away with that crap.

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I thought and still think he is an Elitist ..... his Wife surely is if not even to be so blunt as to call her a Closet Activist with the Door Half Open.

I noticed this about him a long time ago ... he uses "Pregnant Pauses, Strategic Pronunciation, and Exacting Vowel and Syllable Exaggeration" in all his speak.

It is as if he is so desperately trying to show he is 'Well Educated' and that does piss some people off.

And it means that "if you Speak This Way", people can catch your Lies a lot quicker, have more Instant Proof they are indeed Lies and Not Pronunciation Mistakes or Misspeak. He really believes the U.S. has more than 50 States so don't try that one on me either.

He has a long road ahead trying to break this habit I have to agree.

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cb4029 Wrote:http://www.borowitzreport.com/article.aspx?ID=6961

Quote:In the first two weeks since the election, President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the past eight years through his controversial use of complete sentences, political observers say.

Millions of Americans who watched Mr. Obama's appearance on CBS' "Sixty Minutes" on Sunday witnessed the president-elect's unorthodox verbal tick, which had Mr. Obama employing grammatically correct sentences virtually every time he opened his mouth.

But Mr. Obama's decision to use complete sentences in his public pronouncements carries with it certain risks, since after the last eight years many Americans may find his odd speaking style jarring.

According to presidential historian Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota, some Americans might find it "alienating" to have a President who speaks English as if it were his first language.

"Every time Obama opens his mouth, his subjects and verbs are in agreement," says Mr. Logsdon. "If he keeps it up, he is running the risk of sounding like an elitist."

The historian said that if Mr. Obama insists on using complete sentences in his speeches, the public may find itself saying, "Okay, subject, predicate, subject predicate - we get it, stop showing off."

The President-elect's stubborn insistence on using complete sentences has already attracted a rebuke from one of his harshest critics, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska.

"Talking with complete sentences there and also too talking in a way that ordinary Americans like Joe the Plumber and Tito the Builder can't really do there, I think needing to do that isn't tapping into what Americans are needing also," she said.

I couldn't care less about this new tyrant...but..I freely admit that he will be a nice change to the bumbling fool we just barely survived over the last 8 years. I hope BO can find the "exit" doors of buildings and not make us all look like fools when he speaks.

I wonder when someone will develop a test-to-speech program using Obama's voice with all his um's, ah's and emmm's that we can all use on our computers....maybe an Obama ring tone, or possibly editing out HAL's voice in the movie 2001 A Space Odyssey and dub in Obama's...