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Obama-ese – Using Catch Phrases To Say Absolutely Nothing
Freedom Outpost ^ | June 29, 2013 | Suzanne Hamner

Posted on 06/29/2013 7:48:17 AM PDT by EXCH54FE

As someone who does not care for the current sitting President, the word play game began while researching some of his more memorable catch phrases to see what fun I could have in using “Obama-ese.”

The first catch phrase that has been uttered more than Scarlett O’Hara’s famous “fiddle-dee-dee” is – Let me be clear. One could gather from this phrase that the next words would be very important, or a warning is being issued or there would be no misunderstanding in the meaning.

The next catch phrase has to be an all-time favorite – Win the Future. This one gets the Suzanne Hamner award for rib splitting, sides hurting, laughing hysterically real insight into the Obama indication for the future. Just look at the acronym – WTF.

“We can’t wait” has to be the one that best describes how this administration works. They can’t wait to finish putting the knife in and turning it into the body of the Constitution before stabbing it with another.

Let’s give credit where credit is due. After all, this administration only wants “An America built to last.” Funny thing, this country was founded or built 220+ years ago.

“Change we can believe in” still has the question of who is the “we.” For me, that “change” is the quarter sitting in the cup-holder of the car used to get the shopping cart from the bin at the local discount chain food store or the bowl of hair dye the stylist uses to enhance my color.

The promise to “fundamentally change America” signals a strike to the very foundation, the Constitution, of this country. Every woman knows what a “foundation” sale involves.

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Let me be clear, we can’t wait to fundamentally change America; and, to have change we can believe in and win the future, we have to be greater together in making an America built to last.

This simple sentence put together using catch phrases means nothing, promises nothing, and explains nothing, but someone would swear it did because of what is read into it.

1 posted on 06/29/2013 7:48:17 AM PDT by EXCH54FE
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To: EXCH54FE

Another one is “I have no intention ....”


2 posted on 06/29/2013 7:54:32 AM PDT by DownInFlames
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To: DownInFlames

“Let me be perfectly clear”.

He has never had the remotest intention of doing so but continually says that.

It gives me hives, just hearing it.


3 posted on 06/29/2013 7:59:19 AM PDT by Salamander (.......Uber Alice!.......)
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To: EXCH54FE

He’s like a pullstring doll. That would also help explain the puppet strings


4 posted on 06/29/2013 8:00:19 AM PDT by NormsRevenge (Semper Fi --)
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To: EXCH54FE

Reminds me of an old rhetoric chart from the 70s ...

pick a word from column 1, add a word from column 2, then select a word from column 3, and you get a nice sounding rhetorical phrase that means absolutely nothing.

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Similar examples:

The Instant Buzzword Generator
http://www.merrydowncontrolware.co.uk/mcl/mfun01001.html

The Shakespeare Insult Kit
http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/shake_rule.html


5 posted on 06/29/2013 8:03:30 AM PDT by TomGuy (.)
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To: DownInFlames

Secret Service means something else under Obama ,wink wink


6 posted on 06/29/2013 8:10:44 AM PDT by molson209
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To: EXCH54FE

Saw this on a blog once:

“Impressionists, cartoonists, and even historians rely heavily on identifying and amplifying the physical and verbal idiosyncrasies of public figures, especially presidents.

Their constant presence in the media means that their pet phrases and mannerisms become familiar to all (even against our will) as the inevitable caricatures demonstrate.

There was Reagan’s “Well...” and a shrug of the shoulders, GHWB41’s slow-motion karate chops on the top of the lectern, Clinton’s raised index finger, etc.

Obama is a special case, however, as he rarely has anything to say of substance (or truth, if you like) beyond the verbal window dressing.

His “Let me be clear...” has already passed into legend for its annoying frequency of use and its contradictory nature - for what he says after rarely contains one iota of clarity.

Less frequent - but more insidious - is Obama’s reliance on the pet phrase “I’ve said repeatedly.” He occasionally changes it to “I’ve said in the past” or “I’ve said all along” but it is his go-to phrase especially in one-on-one interviews.

It sounds harmless enough until you realize several things:

1) He will claim to have said something in the past when no evidence of same can be found.

2) He believes that use of this phrase somehow confers a continuity of purpose, philosophy, policy or action when we know full well this is not the case.

3) He believes that an inherently wrongheaded idea or plan somehow gains validity if it exists for an extended period of time.

4) He uses it as a sort of after-the-fact clairvoyance. When the market dips, when home prices fall, when jobs are lost, Obama will claim to have “said repeatedly” that action X, Y or Z should have been taken. Of course, he never gets round to identifying or taking that action BEFORE negative consequences occur.
At the risk of drawing further attention to the more maddening aspects of this intellectual lightweight, I have reached the breaking point with this particular verbal trip hammer of his. It is his umbrella, his shield, his front porch. Count (if you can stand it) the frequency and quantity of “I’ve said repeatedly.” This man cannot stand to be in the wrong. And if he is in the wrong (that is to say, most days), he will claim to have been in the right, safe in the knowledge that nobody within a 100-mile radius of the White House has the nerve nor the initiative to challenge him on the most rudimentary of facts.”


7 posted on 06/29/2013 8:14:03 AM PDT by relictele (A community vigilant in enforcing economic, racial and social equality. It was called Jonestown.)
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To: EXCH54FE

Let’s not forget ,”I won’t rest until ....”, and the latest Obama platitude .... “I have no patience with .... “.


8 posted on 06/29/2013 8:31:59 AM PDT by layman (Card Carrying Infidel)
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To: EXCH54FE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=erYpXzE9Pxs


9 posted on 06/29/2013 8:46:33 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: EXCH54FE
Can this many people be that stupid ?


10 posted on 06/29/2013 8:49:26 AM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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NOW everybody notices this?

He has been using this telepromptering technique since 2006, at the very least.

This is SEO speech. Key words with emotional content, leading the intellectually gullible (and intellectuals) to imagine they heard what is already in their head.

This is the triumph of incandescent bullshiite over reason. Tra-la-la is not really a lyric!

Why has not one elected Republican asked exactly why this mysterious charlatan was asked to leave the Bar of the State of Illinois?

11 posted on 06/29/2013 8:54:02 AM PDT by Kenny Bunk ("Obama" The Movie. Introducing Reggie Love as "Monica." .)
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To: EXCH54FE

Maybe he got tips from Jay Carney . . . can anyone say so much without saying a thing?

A string of platitudes, a tired cliche, an empty slogan . . . hey, maybe Clint Eastwood is right, and there is an empty chair in the oval office!


12 posted on 06/29/2013 8:58:50 AM PDT by AtlasStalled
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To: EXCH54FE
It is more important today than ever before; more important than at any point in recorded history, that we as a nation stand shoulder to shoulder and face head-on the challenges of this new era. We no longer have the luxury of standing back and doing nothing. If we honestly examine the roots of the problems which face our children and future generations, it is clear that in reality we never did have that luxury. We are now compelled to make up for the time and opportunity we have squandered through our inaction and complacence.

The nay sayers are already proclaiming that what I propose is too little and late to make a difference. The real difference is I believe in the industry and dedication of the American people. I believe that given the opportunity, folks will step up to lighten the load of their neighbors and make that extra effort to ensure our collective success. In times of need, Americans have always put aside their differences and done the things which have to be done. I'm certain this instance will prove no different. In the coming days, I'll be issuing certain executive orders intended to strengthen our national resolve and institute positive controls upon those elements of society intent on obstructing our progress into the bright dawn of the future which awaits us.

Real Americans will understand the necessity of these orders and welcome them. Those mired in the past will prance about with their pinkies extended and rail about men long dead and outmoded ideas best deposited in the dustbin of history. You can take comfort in the knowledge that this great nation will leave their sad antics behind as we launch forward to become the people we should have always been.

(Orchestra swells, patched burlap curtain rises jerkily to reveal a murky vista of Detroit).
13 posted on 06/29/2013 9:05:19 AM PDT by davius (You can roll manure in powdered sugar but that don't make it a jelly doughnut.)
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To: TomGuy

Oooooo...the shakespear insult kit is really good. :-)


14 posted on 06/29/2013 9:09:42 AM PDT by Conservative4Ever (I'm going Galt)
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Obama "I will not rest until (fill in the blank)".

Barack Obama Will Not Rest!!! .
15 posted on 06/29/2013 9:12:21 AM PDT by Cheerio (Barry Hussein Soetoro-0bama=The Complete Destruction of American Capitalism)
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To: EXCH54FE

Don’t forget the ever eloquent “whole buncha stuff”. Sickening.


16 posted on 06/29/2013 9:32:22 AM PDT by SueRae (It isn't over. In God We Trust.)
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To: EXCH54FE

Empty rhetoric.

Ether has more substance than 0bama.

17 posted on 06/29/2013 9:32:44 AM PDT by TigersEye ("No man left behind" is more than an Army Ranger credo it's the character of America.)
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To: EXCH54FE

“Some will say that...”, “some will argue”, “must be no delay”...and the one that makes me cringe the most...”because it’s the right thing to do”.

How so many were duped is beyond me. Surrounded by stupid sheep.


18 posted on 06/29/2013 9:35:55 AM PDT by SueRae (It isn't over. In God We Trust.)
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To: EXCH54FE

Remember when G. Ford was ridiculed for “W.I.N.”?


19 posted on 06/29/2013 12:15:33 PM PDT by Graybeard58 (_.. ._. .. _. _._ __ ___ ._. . ___ ..._ ._ ._.. _ .. _. .)
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Using Catch Phrases To Say Absolutely Nothing

My favorite is "social justice", which is used freely without definition.

Obama's "my first priority" ranks among the highest.

20 posted on 06/29/2013 3:45:59 PM PDT by MosesKnows (Love many, trust few, and always paddle your own canoe.)
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