A Topic For Fang
Strategery, misunderestimated, refudiate: former President George W. Bush and Sarah Palin have been chastised by journalists and academes for their inventive language and occasional grammatical gaffes for years. Now it is President Obama’s turn. Here comes “Obama Grammar: Using the President’s Bloopers to Improve Your English,” a new book that parses Mr. Obama’s command of the language, or lack thereof.
“The first wordsmith is, in fact, an occasional stem-winder who is grammatically challenged,” says author and Harvard-educated historian William Proctor, who pored over 3,000 pages of the president’s official speeches and remarks. He’s convinced that Americans — particularly students — can learn a little something from Mr. Obama.
“His speeches reveal that at this point, he is simply not in the same rhetorical-grammatical league as a Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Franklin D. Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy or Ronald Reagan,” Mr. Proctor says. “Even as we explore Mr. Obama’s errors, we should not lapse into smug, finger-pointing complacency. His mistakes should serve as a reminder to the rest of us that we, too, may need to clean up our technical language skills.”
The author also sets the record straight on presidential pronunciation bloopers of several persuasions and provides the “Great Obama Grammar Face-Off.” From Inkslingers Press, the ebook is available for $10 on Kindle, via Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
Get learned up, y'all.
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Permalink Reply by Van on -
Well almost all politicians and other public speakers make bloopers. But practically everything that came out of Dubyas mouth was a blooper. As for Sarah Palin, the woman is plainly an idiot. But remember I posted the Zappa "Dirty Love" song. I suggest you listen to it with your eyes closed, imagine Palin, and get your wank on.
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Permalink Reply by What-a-Dick on
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Self published by a like-minded froot-loop, no doubt. (BTW, don't bother lecturing us about how Inkslingers is a legitimate publishing house. Anyone who can do a Google search can find out what kind of christian zealotry nonsense they spew).
In fact, I'm guessing you ARE William Proctor. {You know, referring to your self in the third person is definitive proof that you are 'What!? Who said that?' crazy.}
To imply that Obama is in the same league of quasi-retardedness as G-Dub is just ludacris. Nobody could mangle a phrase or misquote a well know song lyric like duh-George. (although err. Perry, another Tex-tard is giving it a go). And we're just talking about speeches here, nevermind actual policy. Lets face it, king George the 2nd ran us into the worst ditch, both economically and politically, we have faced in the last 50 years.
The Republican's response to this insanity is to double-down on the crazy??? Sarah 'I Killed a Bear With My Own Two Hands' Palin?... Michelle 'I Want To Kill A Teamster/Teacher/Fireman With My Own Two Hands' Bachman?... Rick 'I Killed My Own Campaign With My Own Two Lips' Perry?
I shouldn't tell you this, but I get a little thrill (tinged with danger) when you try to up the crazy factor. The wackier your positions become, the more hope I have for sanity winning out in the end, although I suspect that you get the same dirty little thrill thinking "the fools will never know what hit them 'til it's too late".
By the way, what's up with your icon/avatar? Are you pissing on the US of A? You forking icehole, you corksucker. I did not spend 8 years of my life under water (in the Submarine Sevice) defending your right to anti-patriotic/subversive speech just to come home to this slap in the balls! Where's My Parade, MotherTrucker!!! I have a good mind to report you to the HUAC!!! You dirty commie bastard!!!
I await your flame job/response. (with baited breath)
b.Obtuce
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Permalink Reply by Charles Lane on -
“Rather than pointing fingers or assigning blame, let’s use this occasion to expand our moral imaginations, to listen to each other more carefully, to sharpen our instincts for empathy and remind ourselves of all the ways that our hopes and dreams are bound together.”
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Permalink Reply by Michael Walker on
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Chucky man he's right and that quotation was pretty weak of yours.
I would love to see an argument out of you in your own words.
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Permalink Reply by Charles Lane on
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"Issues are never simple. One thing I am proud of is that very rarely will you hear me simplify the issues." Obe
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All conservatives are simpletons.
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Permalink Reply by GodHatesTrash on -
And goatboy one of the simplest...
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Permalink Reply by Charles Lane on
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"It depends on what the meaning of the word 'is' is"
Bill Clinton
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Beautiful!
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BTW, my post and particularly that last paragraph is meant as a humorous and ironic response to a ridiculous position (this is a humor website after-all). I did, in fact, spend 8 years in the Navy to defend your right to say whatever bat-shit crazy thing you want. I'm not really angry with you Charles (just disappointed) and I don't think you're an icehole, corksucker, mothertrucker or a commie bastard and I won't report you to the House Un-American Activities Committee or Sen. Joe McCarthy.
Bob
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