Hillary Clinton Wins The Richard Cohen Award …
May 8, 2008 at 4:53 pm
…. for over reliance on the personal pronoun.
Check out this nugget from her speech at the DC Omni last night:
“I’ve been counted out more than once. But thanks to all of you I’ve come back,” Clinton said, earning a thunderous, extended ovation. She later added, “When I was counted out in New Hampshire, it was the women of New Hampshire who came back and said, ‘No, she’s not finished yet.’ When I was counted out before Super Tuesday it was women from California to Massachusetts who came and said ‘No, we’re not finished yet.’ When I was counted out before Ohio, before Indiana, we have always come back.”
Five citations of “I” in a very short span. Which makes you wonder, is her campaign about America, or her?
Ontario Emperor said,
May 8, 2008 @ 5:00 pm
At least it’s not the third person. Bob Dole owns that.
Vivian J. Paige said,
May 8, 2008 @ 8:23 pm
I was there. And that wasn’t anywhere near the tone of the nearly 35-minute speech.
Rhino said,
May 8, 2008 @ 11:30 pm
Presenting her case against dropping out was necessary statement of encouragement to all the people working in her behalf. Her candidacy is about our country, about returning us to peace and prosperity, about health care and soldiers coming home. You didn’t mention the portion of a speech in which she demonstrated her awareness of world events in spite of a grueling campaign schedule. Thiis was when she mention the cyclone in Burma and asked the leadders to accept help from the outside for their people. She doesn’t orate, speech make, preach, she talks to the people for the people. Thank you.