p38arover - thoughts on Obama?

**Cap** · 5th January 2009, 12:54 PM

Just a tongue in cheek post, but I thought seeing as your quick on the mark when it comes to spelling and grammar, that you would be delighted in this article:

November 18, 2008
Obama's Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy?
Stunning Break with Last Eight Years

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.

So p38arover, are you an elitist?

**VladTepes** · 5th January 2009, 01:02 PM

LOL.

**Panda** · 5th January 2009, 01:17 PM

I think it's encouraging the President of one of the most powerful countries in the world, can actually form whole sentences!

**UncleHo** · 5th January 2009, 01:23 PM

G'day Stooge

P38arover Elitist

heavens no, he is just the product of good quality Qld State High School (Salisbury) education that was the standard of that era, before the limp-wristed qazi intelligent beauracrats total screwed the Qld Ed system

Just because he has his quality wine out of long stemmed wine glasses and plays trains both day & night ELITIST

No, a gentleman, Yes

cheers

**Bigbjorn** · 5th January 2009, 02:55 PM

I thought he lived in deep west Sydney where they drink wine out of brown paper bags.

**Scallops** · 5th January 2009, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by stooge

Just a tongue in cheek post, but I thought seeing as your quick on the mark when it comes to spelling and grammar

Just to save Ron the bother - it's you're.

**Cap** · 5th January 2009, 03:06 PM

Originally Posted by Scallops

Just to save Ron the bother - it's you're.

bwahahahahahaha

**Bundalene** · 5th January 2009, 03:28 PM

Originally Posted by UncleHo

G'day Stooge

Just because he has his quality wine out of long stemmed wine glasses and plays trains both day & night ELITIST

No a gentleman yes

cheers

X2. Ron is a thorough Gentleman....and a very well spoken one as well!

Mrs. B

**MickG** · 6th January 2009, 08:45 AM

Although guilty of it myself at times, I find it sad that the english language is butchered so readily by many. The fact the Obama can and does talk "correctly" shall we say, is a huge positive in my books. With the advent of text and other forms of instant messaging and communication methods, George Orwell was pretty much bang on the money with many of his predictions, namely that of "newspeak". This is both a facinating insight to have back in or around 1949 but, also very scary that many of his predictions have essentially come to fruition in some form or other

I can only see positive in Obama's grasp and use of the language and those who say he will not "connect" with America or the world because of this need to take a long hard look at themselves...........then either pick up a book or go back to school

My opinion of course, Mick

**UncleHo** · 6th January 2009, 09:07 AM

G'day MickG

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