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Obama says "I" too much in his news conferences
Posted on 10/20/14 at 7:55 pm
Posted on 10/20/14 at 7:55 pm
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Posted on 10/20/14 at 7:56 pm to Big Scrub TX
And your point is?
Posted on 10/20/14 at 7:57 pm to Big Scrub TX
That's because he is too busy blaming others.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 7:57 pm to Sentrius
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And your point is?
Seems like I've seen plenty of hay made out of his overuse of the word as if he were some sort of outlier in the matter. Clearly, he uses it less than most. Probably time to move on to a new talking point.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 7:58 pm to Big Scrub TX
Yea, I doubt Buzzfeed's reporting or research.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 7:58 pm to Big Scrub TX
Saying "uhh" eight times between sentences tends to drive down the statistics.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 7:59 pm to Big Scrub TX
It would be okay if he would just follow "I" up with "suck"
Posted on 10/20/14 at 8:00 pm to Big Scrub TX
Don't believe this.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 8:00 pm to TK421
Touche'
Posted on 10/20/14 at 8:02 pm to Big Scrub TX
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Seems like I've seen plenty of hay made out of his overuse of the word as if he were some sort of outlier in the matter. Clearly, he uses it less than most. Probably time to move on to a new talking point.
He also says uhhhh a lot more than necessary for a public figure of his nature.
Also, there's the issue of context where Obama says I, myself, and other similar identifying words in. The OBL speech was full of it.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 8:06 pm to Big Scrub TX
He might use the royal we instead.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 8:08 pm to Big Scrub TX
It wouldn't matter if he were first, last or anywhere in between on that list, he's a machine party hack who was as ready to be POTUS in 2009 as he was to be a Nuclear Physics professor at MIT.
I absolutely HATE when he attempts to be folksy by using the term "folks".
I absolutely HATE when he attempts to be folksy by using the term "folks".
Posted on 10/20/14 at 8:08 pm to Big Scrub TX
Is there really a massive difference between 4.65% and 2.45% in regard to a speech?
NM carry on
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Austin, TX
NM carry on
Posted on 10/20/14 at 8:43 pm to idlewatcher
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Is there really a massive difference between 4.65% and 2.45% in regard to a speech?
Uh, yes - it's nearly twice as much. Or perhaps you don't consider 100% to be a big difference.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 8:44 pm to Scruffy
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Yea, I doubt Buzzfeed's reporting or research.
It's not rocket science. The source material is there for you to examine yourself.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 8:45 pm to Sentrius
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Also, there's the issue of context where Obama says I, myself, and other similar identifying words in. The OBL speech was full of it.
Seems as if you didn't read the article which described the methodology:
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BuzzFeed News analyzed more than 2,000 presidential news conferences since 1929, looking for usage of first-person singular pronouns — “I,” “me,” “my,” “mine,” and “myself.
Do you have any other non-objections to submit or would it perhaps be easier to simply say "OK, objectively he says it less"?
This post was edited on 10/20/14 at 8:46 pm
Posted on 10/20/14 at 8:46 pm to Big Scrub TX
quote:I don't have time to examine 2000 speeches from 1926 to now.
It's not rocket science. The source material is there for you to examine yourself.
That doesn't mean I have to accept what Buzzfeed feeds me.
I already have preconceived notions about Buzzfeed. I don't trust their research or reporting. They are an incredibly opinionated "news" source.
This post was edited on 10/20/14 at 8:48 pm
Posted on 10/20/14 at 8:47 pm to Scruffy
This wins most "who the frick cares?" post of the day.
Posted on 10/20/14 at 8:48 pm to Srbtiger06
I'm gonna take that as a compliment. 
Posted on 10/20/14 at 8:48 pm to Scruffy
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I don't have time to examine 2000 speeches from 1926 to now.
That doesn't mean I have to accept what Buzzfeed feeds me.
I already have preconceived notions about Buzzfeed. I don't trust their research or reporting. They are an incredibly opinionated "news" source.
I don't ask you to trust blindly - you should never. But this is incredibly easy for Reddit/the internet/etc. to debunk. It seems reasonable to believe what has been presented.
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