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"Let me be clear": Obama's condescending phrase (subtext: Americans are too dumb to understand)
NY POST ^
| 7/17/10
| MAUREEN CALLAHAN
Posted on 07/20/2010 5:35:24 AM PDT by Liz
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To: Liz
Actually, I’ve always taken Obama’s “Let me be clear”, “Let me be perfectly clear” and other variants as the equivalents of the old “It is well-know that. . .” in the Soviet media: it is a signal that what follows is a bald-faced lie.
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07/20/2010 3:10:48 PM PDT
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The_Reader_David
(And when they behead your own people in the wars which are to come, then you will know. . .)
To: Liz
I take it as a warning that what I'm about to hear is a lie.
To: Question_Assumptions
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07/20/2010 3:34:00 PM PDT
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HonestConservative
(Remember; You can't spell Mohammed without HAM.)
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