Posted on 07/28/2016 6:56:11 AM PDT by Colofornian
Addressing the Democratic National Convention on its penultimate night to lay out the case for Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential campaign, President Obama began by recalling his political debut at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. He then described how his family has become so well known to America in the intervening years. He spoke of his time in office, how the presidency has physically aged him, but how his daughters euphemistically note he now looks more "mature."
He spoke of everything he is proud to have achieved -- passing ObamaCare, expanding clean energy production, reducing consumption of foreign oil, passing the Iran deal, bringing troops home, killing bin Laden.
He spoke of how inspired he's become meeting Americans of all stripes. He spoke of his optimism. He spoke of the values he imparted from his family.
If it's starting to sound like Obama talked a lot about himself, that’s because he did.
In total, we counted 119 times Obama referred to himself during his speech ostensibly about Hillary Clinton.
Note that in arriving at this calculation, we included mentions of "we" when he was clearly including himself as part of the plural pronoun; the many uses of "we" in referring to America at large were not included. "Me," "myself," "our" and his third-person reference to "a half Kenyan grandson" were also included...
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Earlier: Jan. 5th, 2016: In 33 Minute Speech on Guns, Obama Refers to Himself 76 Times
Oct. 1st, 2015: In 12 Minute Speech to America About Mass Shooting, Obama Refers to Himself 28 Times
Jan. 27th, 2015: In India, Watch Obama Refer to Himself 118 Times in a 33-Minute Speech
(Excerpt) Read more at news.grabien.com ...
His average for the 4-month period of October 2015 --> January 2016 was 2.5 times per minute...
Hence...I guess the bigger the stage, the intensified narcissism.
At least he bumped his average up!
The Left must be held together by a cult figure, if not a central locus the looters start looking at one another. He is the current messiah, Hillary not so much
It’s all about him all the time. A guy who has never worked a day in his life.
Out of curiosity- has anyone analyzed Trump’s speeches and counted the self-references? I’d be interested in a comparison.
I didn’t like the speech. It was much more a summary of what he thinks are the highlights of his term of office, what’s he’s accomplished, and very little about Hillary.
Did this speech persuade any of the independent or undecided voters to vote for Hillary? I don’t think so.
The media praised the speech a lot. But remember, they are liberal, so view it through a liberal lens. But even they didn’t comment so much about how this would give Hillary a boost. It was all about him.
Of course I didn’t watch but I was curious how many times the boy wonder mentioned himself.
LOL, very true. They were in awe of him just showing up, before he said a word. I’m sure Chris Mathews was feeling tingles up in his broadcast booth.
Must be going for an award like “Narcissist of the Year.”
Well, lib-rag news like NPR indeed commented...but before the speech:
Tonight President Obama will take the stage at the Democratic National Convention with one goal: convincing voters to elect Hillary Clinton as his successor. 3 Questions Ahead Of President Obama's DNC Speech (Mara Liasson, NPR, 7.27.16)
Anybody think somebody like Mara Liasson of NPR followed up on Obama's speech post speech to "grade" Obama on how he measured up to the supposed "one goal" he was supposed to have had?
Not on your life!
(Which is yet another symptom that the liberal media has no integrity, no soul)
Passing on watching the fool but good to know he hasn’t lost touch with Himself.
I'd rather stick needles in my eyes.
What I noticed was how man times he mentioned his grandparents. His parents? Not so much.
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