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Barack Obama...verbal tick annoys Americans!
 I just received the funniest e-mail from a friend.
Did you know there is a controversy
brewing because of Obama's use of perfectly structured sentences when he elucidates fluidly in on-camera Television interviews?
Here is what they are saying around America, cross my heart!
Obama's
use of complete sentences stirs controversy!
There has been a stunning break with the last eight years.
In
the first two weeks into the election, President-elect Barack Obama has broken with a tradition established over the past
eight years through his controversial use of complete sentences, political observers say
Millions of Americans who
watched Mr. Obama's appearance on CBS' "Sixty Minutes" on Sunday witnessed the president-elect's unorthodox verbal tick, 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 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 may 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:
"Okay, subject,
predicate, subject predicate - we get it - stop showing off." (!)
The President-elect's stubborn insistence on using
complete sentences has already attracted a rebuke from one of his harshest critics, Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska. (!)
"Talking
with complete sentences there and also too talking in a way that ordinary Americans like Joe the Plumber and Tito the Builder
can't really do there, I think needing to do that isn't tapping into what Americans are needing also," she said.
Well,
now, you have it straight from the - um - Moose's mouth!
 Something fishy in Obamaland...
Just a regular American who likes to play ball!
I laughed-out-loud yesterday when I stumbled on a post by a blogger
who whined that a nod to Hillary Clinton in the important role of "Secretary of State" amounted to a renege on the Obama promise
for "change".
Contrary to his campaign platform, the president-elect appears to be turning to a tired old regime for
candidates that voters were anxious to be rid of in the new administration, was the gist of the disgruntled supporter's plaintive
wail.
In reflecting on the issue, I recalled another irony, too.
When Barack was tustling with his opponent
on the campaign trail, there were times when voters accused Hillary of playing the race card.
The whole can of worms
squirmed around the country ad nauseam for a few weeks - at which point - it was stressed way-back-when (by voters, republicans
and democrats alike, and the media) that Barack was not a "Black" candidate!
No Sir.
Mr. Obama was just another
hopeful from the Democrat camp with an eye on the big brass ring.
Funny, that!
When John McCain tossed the
towel in - and conceded to Obama that dark and moody night - the press reported in a news flash (that ziz-zagged around the
world in about two seconds flat) that the young upstart from places hither-to-unknown had become the 1st Black President of
the United States.
Ah, they slipped, didn't they?
If the media outlets truly believed back in the summer of
2008 that Barack was not a black candidate, as alleged, they would have reported without hesitation on the eve of November
4th - that Obama had won the election to become the "44th President" of the United States - not the 1st Black President.
Yes,
the whole political scam was just a lot of smoke and mirrors, wasn't it?
Undoubtedly, there are a few surprises yet
to unfold in the future.
As Bette Davis's character once hissed in "All About Eve":
"Fasten
your seat belts, it's going to a bumpy night!"
Historic photo of Obama & Bush steeped in symbolism!
 In the morning paper I was quite taken with a photograph which was shot in the Oval Office of the White
House when Barack Obama met with George Bush this past week to discuss the transition of the reins of power in January (2009).
Barack and George (who were were photographed from behind) sat in two easy chairs half-turned to each other - and
in the distance - the President's chair sat empty.
Symbolically, the imagery inferred that both men were turning their
backs on the past and looking forward into the future.
If anything, the dramatic still left a lingering question.
What does the future hold?
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