An interesting observation by Dan Gainor at Fox News:
Obama's Speeches-- Obama Mentions Self Nearly 1,200 Times!
Obama loves to hear himself talk - about himself. In just 41 speeches so this year, not including this week's big speech at the United Nations, Obama has talked about himself nearly 1,200 times - 1,198 to be exact. (That breaks down to 1,121 'I's and just 77 "me"s.)In mythology, Narcissus was the guy who fell in love with his own reflection.Nar-cis-sism - noun
1. inordinate fascination with oneself;
excessive self-love;
vanity
--Dictionary.com
In 2009, he's the president of the United States.
Instead of adoring his own image, Obama loves to hear himself talk - about himself. In just 41 speeches so far this year, not including this week's big speech at the United Nations, Obama has talked about himself nearly 1,200 times - 1,198 to be exact. (That breaks down to 1,121 'I's and just 77 'me's.) And that just includes 34 weekly addresses and his seven major speeches. Count the hundreds of other public speeches and he'd be off the charts.
And if you needed any more confirmation, there was this past Sunday's Obama-palooza on the network talking head shows. Obama pulled a presidential first, going back-to-back-to-back-to-back-to-back on five different networks. He hit This Week with George Stephanopoulos on ABC, Meet the Press on NBC, Face the Nation on CBS, as well as interviews on both CNN and Univision.
"We're essentially roadblocking the time by appearing on each station," David Axelrod, senior adviser to the president, told The New York Times. -- Pretty easy to monopolize a message when you block all five networks. And yes, the media didn't just let him, they reveled in it. CNN's Howard Kurtz and others even did stories about Obama's overexposure, only mildly hinting at the irony that they were making the problem worse at the same time.
The interviews went off as expected. Obama kept his "I" on the nation's problems. He mustered 387 personal mentions in just 82 minutes of air time. Forget the economy, health care, racism or whatever. Every 13 seconds, Obama was talking about - Obama. Next stop, David Letterman on Sept. 21. You already know the topic.
Makes a lot of sense when you think about it...
