As I said in my post earlier, for all those who are Obama supporters and claim to be "more rational" and "less emotional" about the politicians you support, this is a piece of evidence that shows you're just like everybody else.
Because history has shown that you'll spend much time and energy rationalizing even the most trivial of foibles that a politician you support displays, but will be quick to jump on similar foibles of those politicians you do not support.
This thread is more revealing about the biases of people than anything it reveals about Obama (because how Obama pronounced the name is really quite a trivial matter, and is not that big a deal).
For the Presidential Pronunciation Police
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1979 City of Champions 2009
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Alright, let's get serious:
I would like President Obama to remember which article comes before a word that begins with a vowel sound. "A engineer..." is like nails on the whiteboard to me.
I would like President Obama to remember which article comes before a word that begins with a vowel sound. "A engineer..." is like nails on the whiteboard to me.
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And a Peer in South Dakota.ne1410s wrote:sprotsIt's VerSales in Illinoy, also. I'll give you that and throw in a San Joes (San Jose) down near Peoria...Where are the Pennsylvanians?
It's VerSALES.
And PRESScut in AZ.
And LOOvull in KY.
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Actually it's LOO-uh-vul - three syllables, not just two.SportsFan68 wrote:And a Peer in South Dakota.ne1410s wrote:sprotsIt's VerSales in Illinoy, also. I'll give you that and throw in a San Joes (San Jose) down near Peoria...Where are the Pennsylvanians?
It's VerSALES.
And PRESScut in AZ.
And LOOvull in KY.
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I agree with you, in the exact opposite way.Jeemie wrote:As I said in my post earlier, for all those who are Obama supporters and claim to be "more rational" and "less emotional" about the politicians you support, this is a piece of evidence that shows you're just like everybody else.
Because history has shown that you'll spend much time and energy rationalizing even the most trivial of foibles that a politician you support displays, but will be quick to jump on similar foibles of those politicians you do not support.
This thread is more revealing about the biases of people than anything it reveals about Obama (because how Obama pronounced the name is really quite a trivial matter, and is not that big a deal).
Push it real good!
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sisyfan 
This is not the Steven Wright thread...I agree with you, in the exact opposite way.
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ne1410s wrote:sisyfanThis is not the Steven Wright thread...I agree with you, in the exact opposite way.
Rec!
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.