Self Promotion
I’ve run Obama's speech to the school kids through a word frequency counter and found the following results:
* 56 iterations of “I”
* 19 iterations of “school”
* 10 iterations of “education”
* 8 iterations of “responsibility”
* 7 iterations of “country”
* 5 iterations each of “parents”, “teachers”
* 3 iterations of “nation”
In other words, Barack Obama referenced himself more than school, education, responsibility, country/nation, parents, and teachers combined. And to think that people accused Obama of self-promotion!
* 56 iterations of “I”
* 19 iterations of “school”
* 10 iterations of “education”
* 8 iterations of “responsibility”
* 7 iterations of “country”
* 5 iterations each of “parents”, “teachers”
* 3 iterations of “nation”
In other words, Barack Obama referenced himself more than school, education, responsibility, country/nation, parents, and teachers combined. And to think that people accused Obama of self-promotion!
posted by Fundy at 17:24
3 Comments:
I know a lot of Republicans have their panties in a bunch over this speech, but I read it and do not have a problem with what he is trying to say in it. He is in a unique position, as president and a black man, to influence kids to stay in school. If he can get a few more kids to realize that school might just get them somewhere, well, that is for the better. I saw only one paragraph that was remotely questionable, but overall I feel it was a good message.
I would have no problem if it became an annual thing for the President (and I mean him and subsequent presidents) to give a yearly speech telling kids to work hard and stay in school. I know this might revoke my conservative status, but good for him.
That being said, the rest of his political agenda sucks :)
The only problem I had with the speech was the Department of Education's lesson plan which now been changed to reflect the current speech. The original plan encourage students to write what they can do to help Barry after watching his speech. Not what they needed to do to succeed in life. aka finish school!
Oh, your conservative status remains in good standing....at this time. :-p
Gonna have to agree with Fundy on this one; Barry's original intent was much more insidious. He only backed off after it became clear that yet another Brilliant Plan had blown up in his face.
This guy is really interesting to watch -- much like a chimp playing with a hand grenade.
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