Wednesday, July 22, 2009

BARACK OBAMA

Oooh, Don't Forget, 'Now Is The Time To Act'!

Senate Republicans e-mail me:

Given the rhetoric from the White House directed toward unnamed “opponents of health care reform” and those who “defend the status quo” (whoever they are), the SRCC has prepared “Straw Man Bingo” based on actual quotes from the Administration so you can track references to these anonymous evildoers in tonight’s press conference.

It's good, don't get me wrong, but they left off a few of my favorite Obama cliches, some of which are straw men, some of which are rhetorical crutches: "We inherited these problems"; "the alternative is to do nothing"; "Let me be clear"; "Can’t get distracted by . . ."; and finally, "As you know, I’ve consistently said," usually used when announcing a change in position.

07/22 04:49 PMShare