Humor: Obama’s Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy

[devilgrrl]

By Andy Borowitz

In the first two weeks after the election, President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the last eight years through his controversial use of complete sentences, political observers say.

Millions of Americans who watched Mr. Obama’s appearance on CBS’s “Sixty Minutes” last Sunday witnessed the president-elect’s unorthodox verbal tic, which had Mr. Obama employing grammatically correct sentences virtually every time he opened his mouth.

But Mr. Obama’s decision to use complete sentences in his public pronouncements carries with it certain risks, since after the last eight years many Americans may find his odd speaking style jarring.

According to presidential historian Davis Logsdon of the University of Minnesota, some Americans might find it “alienating” to have a president who speaks English as if it were his first language.

“Every time Obama opens his mouth, his subjects and verbs are in agreement,” says Mr. Logsdon. “If he keeps it up, he is running the risk of sounding like an elitist.”

The historian said that if Mr. Obama insists on using complete sentences in his speeches, the public may find itself saying, “OK, subject, predicate, subject, predicate—we get it, stop showing off.”

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[WillieW]

1. Complaining for speaking properly? Now that is really stupid.

[InvisibleTouch]

2. It's a joke! Making fun of W. Get it? n/t

[WillieW]

6. I guess it loses something in the translation LOL

I didn't note the word "humor" in front of the title.

[CC]

4. There are a lot of Americans that

can not understand it when a person is able to string two words together without tripping over the one in the middle.:rofl:

[Deep13]

3. He's a grammar terrorist!

See!!?? I told yah! :rofl:

[OhioChick]

5. Morans cannot understand him. n/t