Yep. Now everyone will be using it. Just like Bush's "make no mistake" and Clinton's closed fist pointing-with-the-thumb thing (see below) that everyone picked up on during his terms.
Posted on 10/28/2009 6:26:14 AM PDT by Conservative Digest
Many have noticed the President’s over use of a certain phrase, “let me be clear.”
What is really interesting is the fact that Obama rarely used this phrase prior to becoming president.
A fairly extensive survey of 100 of the Best Speeches of Barack Obama from 2002 through to his Inauguration in 2009 and the official website Organizing for America: Obama Speeches, found very little use of the phrase before this year.
So why the sudden and over use of “let me be clear”?
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He actually DID use the phrase frequently during the campaign. Not sure what the point is.
Another rhetorical crutch—like ‘clearly’ was a few years ago.
“For too long....”
“No longer can we...”
When he says “let me be perfectly clear”, that means he’s about to tell a whopper.
As nearly as I can discern, “Let me be clear” translates directly to, “I am about to tell a massive lie.”
cropping up almost as much as ummmm....uuhhhhh....ooohhh....uuuuaaahhh..... and unexpectedly
DRINK!
I swear I didn’t see your post first!
Another Nixon echo.
It was Nixon’s favorite.
It was Nixon’s favorite.
It’s a precursor to a lie.
As nearly as I can discern, “Let me be clear” translates directly to, “I am about to tell a massive lie which directly contradicts something I've said previously."
There. I've revised and extended your remarks for you.
Yep. Now everyone will be using it. Just like Bush's "make no mistake" and Clinton's closed fist pointing-with-the-thumb thing (see below) that everyone picked up on during his terms.
When he says “let me be perfectly clear”, that means he’s about to tell a whopper.
EXACTLY.
We all know the pathological liar who starts his whoppers with “Trust me” or “I wouldn’t lie to you” or “ I swear on.....”
“Let me be perfectly clear” is exactly the same thing.
Like minds.
Newspeak translation, "Hang on, because I'm about to lie my ass off."
I have noticed a speech pattern in O and wonder if any one else has noticed it. When O is telling a big lie his cheeks blow up while he is speaking. The same thing does not happen when he is merely conversing.
Any thoughts?
He’s channeling Nixon?
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