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In 12 Minute Speech to America About Mass Shooting, Obama Refers to Himself 28 Times
grabien.com ^ | October 1, 2015 | grabien.com

Posted on 10/01/2015 5:32:35 PM PDT by John W

Less than six hours after the mass shooting today in Roseburg, Ore., President Obama called a press conference to demand new gun laws, a move he predicted would spur critics to accuse him of politicizing the issue. If they don’t accuse him of that, they might accuse him of making the tragedy about himself.

During today’s 12-minute address, President Obama referred to himself 28 times. (For those counting at home, that's almost three times per minute.)

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.


TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: Oregon
KEYWORDS: chrisharpermercer; oregon; roseburg; umpqua
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1 posted on 10/01/2015 5:32:35 PM PDT by John W
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To: John W

How does that compare to the typical Trump speech?


2 posted on 10/01/2015 5:33:24 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (Let me know if you want on The Baseball Ping List)
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To: Artemis Webb

right- cause Trump’s the president...


3 posted on 10/01/2015 5:34:47 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: John W

How unexpected.

What an asshat.


4 posted on 10/01/2015 5:35:10 PM PDT by mylife
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To: Artemis Webb

Doubt even Trump could trump Obama in the narcissist category.


5 posted on 10/01/2015 5:35:35 PM PDT by John W (Less Than Two Years of ISIS Best Friend Left)
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To: God luvs America

I’m just trying to draw a comparison between outsized egos. I’m not justifying it.


6 posted on 10/01/2015 5:36:20 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (Let me know if you want on The Baseball Ping List)
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To: John W

They both have exceedingly high opinions of themselves.

I’m not a supporter of Trump, but I’d hope what we can all agree on is the day Obama leaves office will be one of the greatest days in America in some time.


7 posted on 10/01/2015 5:37:02 PM PDT by American Faith Today
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To: John W
Gotta get out in front and make political points before anyone knows who this POS was.

BTW I'm certain Obama already knows.

8 posted on 10/01/2015 5:37:11 PM PDT by skeeter
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To: John W
"Doubt even Trump could trump Obama in the narcissist category."

Probably true. Plus i like and trust Trump more.

9 posted on 10/01/2015 5:37:17 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (Let me know if you want on The Baseball Ping List)
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To: Artemis Webb

Trump still on top and it drives you crazy, that you have to come on a thread about Obama to bring him up. SMH.


10 posted on 10/01/2015 5:37:46 PM PDT by hotsteppa
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To: American Faith Today

Re #7:
Agreed


11 posted on 10/01/2015 5:37:57 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (Let me know if you want on The Baseball Ping List)
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To: Artemis Webb

criticize Trump all you want but he has past successes to back his ego...the POS community organizer has done nothing but lie and race bait to get where he’s at...


12 posted on 10/01/2015 5:38:35 PM PDT by God luvs America (63.5 million pay no income tax and vote for DemoKrats...)
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To: John W
Friend of mine played the drinking game during one of Obama’s SOTU speeches. Took a drink every time Obama used a first person pronoun — I, me, my, mine, etc. Friend was so wasted, he never got up for work the next morning.
13 posted on 10/01/2015 5:39:06 PM PDT by fatnotlazy
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To: hotsteppa

Doesn’t drive me crazy in the least. I’m not opposed to Trump nor do I support him. I just wish he’d act like a grown up.


14 posted on 10/01/2015 5:39:18 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (Let me know if you want on The Baseball Ping List)
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To: God luvs America
I totally agree with the part about “the POS community organizer”. But while Trump has successes he also has failures. That's not a criticism. In the type of business dealings he has there will also be failures. Rather my statement is targeted at those who deify him.
16 posted on 10/01/2015 5:43:13 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (Let me know if you want on The Baseball Ping List)
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To: John W

I'm so pretty. I'm so pretty. I go preening and prancing around.

17 posted on 10/01/2015 5:43:28 PM PDT by Ray76
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To: John W

Not as much as Trump does. They should have a contest.


18 posted on 10/01/2015 5:44:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: hotsteppa

apparently


19 posted on 10/01/2015 5:44:37 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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To: nickcarraway

You’re obviously a troll for the GOPe. /s


20 posted on 10/01/2015 5:47:11 PM PDT by Artemis Webb (Let me know if you want on The Baseball Ping List)
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