...especially if it only involves copying and pasting the same rhetoric from previous speeches and using certain phrases over and over...and over again.
Take a look at this video (embedded below):
CAUTION: we do not recommend turning this into a drinking game for each time you hear a country being listed as our strongest / closest / oldest ally.
Bonus: after watching the video, please feel free to take this short multiple choice quiz (below) to test what you learned about the rhetoric of Obama's foreign policy.
Question 1. According to POTUS, what country is our strongest / closest ally?
A. Holland
B. Netherlands
C. Australia
D. Poland
E. Great Britain
F. Germany
G. Republic of Korea
H. Israel
I. France (our oldest ally)
J. Italy
K. Japan
L. All of the above
Question 2: According to POTUS, which country continually "punches above its weight" class in foreign affairs?
A. Denmark
B. Norway
C. Holland
D. Ireland
E. Philippines
F. All of the above
Question 3: What is the most likely source of Obama's repetitive speeches?
A. Faulty copy - paste keys on the speechwriter's keyboard
B. A broken teleprompter
C. Lazy speechwriters dependent on parroting key talking points to try in a last ditch effort to keep all of their facts straight.
D. All of the above.
Below is another speechwriting gem from POTUS on the health insurance mandate. This video captures highlights from a 2011 speech and puts it side by side with a more recent recycled rhetoric from 2012.
I suppose that Obama is clinging on to the hope that the more he repeats himself to the point of ad nauseam, that his statements will somehow magically contain more truth. Though, you'd think that by the second time around when Obama gives the exact same speech, he'd at least stutter a little less.
~Gee
