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originated, but it's pretty accurately funny!</FONT></o:p></SPAN></DIV>
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18, 2008</SPAN><SPAN
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 2.25pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 25.5pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 22.5pt; COLOR: #006ca8; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">Obama's
Use of Complete Sentences Stirs Controversy</SPAN><SPAN
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 11.25pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 15pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 13.5pt; COLOR: #636054; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">Stunning
Break with Last Eight Years</SPAN><SPAN
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<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">But Mr. Obama's
decision to use complete sentences in his public pronouncements carries
with it certain risks, since after the last eight years many Americans may
find his odd speaking style jarring.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">"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."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">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."<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'">"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.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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