Funniest Obama performance was the faux southern down home black folk speech that was leaked a couple weeks ago.
Folks = I’m a regular person like you. Not a Harvard educated elitist.
Dude, you are a “peeps”.
I also hate it when Oturdo says “oil” or “ pay a little more”!
GWB’s very first statement on 9/11/01 referred to the filthy, dirty ‘effin terrorists as “folks”.
You live in Folkieville and don’t get it?
Like waving at everyone in down as you pass them in your truck and a friend from out of town remarks “Gee, seems like you know everyone in town”.
“Nope”.
Your name would indicate why you might object to “folks”. It’s a black/southern thing y’all.
The term “folks” is used in the Midwest and South.
But the foreign term the Marxists recently introduced is changing the “the public” to Marx’s language “the masses.” That really irks me. Americans are referred to as the public or citizens. The masses were in the Soviet Union.
It’s not the word folks, it’s the hissing whistly way he says all words with S that I can’t stand. If only thes{hiss}e were his wors{hiss}t offens{hiss}es{hiss}.
My husband kept commenting every time Obama said folks too. As for myself, I’m sick of hearing about cleaning up “the mess” that he inherited.
Hitler started the whole “volks” thing. ;-)
Not nearly as grating as Biden’s “my friend _____ this,” “My friend_______ that,” “my good friends, ______, ______, and _____ who,” when he is referring to people in whose back he is twisting the knife.
Friends don’t eviscerate friends, no matter what the ridiculous Senate convention is.
Sometimes you hear Obama say “now these peep-uh-uh folks.” That’s condescending enough.
But I love when he refers to terrorists this way ... “Now, uh, if these folks think they can get away with killing our ... uh ... folks ... we’ve uh ... got to bring these folks to justice”
I would vote to ban it if I could, but I put a higher priority on eliminating “Make no mistake ...”
Well now, it’s 1:00 here in Okieland and I have to go do the Tax Slave bit at 7 so I better sign off. Thanks to everyone who posted. I got to rant a bit and got some chuckles and some thought-provoking thoughts in return. Good Night FOLKS!
“Folks” and “Notion”, etc. - “Notion” when he wants to convey “Lie” instead . . . Oh, and the high school Speech 101 method of not hissing the final “s” on your words ... surprised he’s not “hissing” . . . Obama’s a talker alright . .
I’ve noticed the “folks” thing too and yes it definitely is an Obama thing. What happened is that the media adoringly latched onto it and started using it at questionably appropriate times as well. That created a kind of reinforcing feedback loop and so now it’s part of the Prez’s standard shtick. What’s funny is that while it grates on us, liberals no doubt find it adorable.
Another poster mentioned Obama’s habit of whistling his s’s. That’s another one that grates once you become aware of it. It probabaly wouldn’t bug me except that I suspect he does it on purpose, that it’s practiced.
As TV's most famous fence-sitter, O'Reilly regularly camps out on the left side of the fence when it comes to covering for his best bud, Obama. That doesn't sound too folksy to me.
Big Bill is always busy looking out for himself first, from shilling his books to his Abbott and Costello road shows...... not looking out that much for us folks.
Leni
Obama would rather use “comrades” but that would expose his socialist/communist ideology.
Supposedly you can’t say “people” anymore so folks is the new “ok” word.