Obama and the "I" Word
I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I,I.........
ie, yei, yei!
Clarice Feldman, noted in her post -"Obama's Verbal Onanism" an interesting aspect of President Obama's (the exceptional orator) use of the first person singular in his "Protecting our Security and Values" speech on Friday...... Danube calculated that he said "I", 108 times!
I know that he wasn't an English major, but, come on.......
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1 comments:
Bush's Farewell Speech - 13 minutes long, and 47 uses of "I". That's 3.6 uses per minute, or TWICE AS FREQUENT as the speech you are complaining about.
http://businessinfocus.blogspot.com/2009/01/transcript-president-george-w-bush.html
http://www.google.com/search?q=bush+farewell+speech+13+minutes
Transcript: Bush Speech on Iraq
Tuesday , June 28, 2005
http://www.foxnews.com/printer_friendly_story/0,3566,160969,00.html
129 uses of the word "I". The speech lasted 28 minutes
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4724156
so that's 4.6 uses per minute.
And those were just the first two Bush transcripts that I found in a google search for Bush Speech Transcript!
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