Andy Borowitz posted yesterday at HuffingtonPost on President-Elect Obama’s “unorthodox verbal tick.”
In the first two weeks since 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….
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.”
Who’s that expert? The University of Minnesota Alumni Association’s Minnesota Magazine has more on Davis Logsdon.
“In the early days, I would say someone was an expert from Harvard or the Brookings Institution. I’m not making fun of the University of Minnesota. I just thought it sounded very generic, almost connotation free.”
—Andy Borowitz, New York online humor columnist, who in his satirical reports includes commentary from University of Minnesota professor Davis Logsdon, a character he made up.
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This is a joke, are people not supposed to speak proper English? Remember George Bush and his terrible grammar?
Yeah, it’s supposed to be satire. Both hilarious and sad commentary on what we’ve come to expect from our president.
Holy shit, he talks good!