 | The Audacity of Per Se |
Per Se: A phrase used by politicians to signal to supporters that they’re about to break a promise.
Example: “The issue of the phone companies per se is not one that overrides the security of the American people.” - Barack Obama, June 2008
If Barack Obama doesn’t announce his opposition to the FISA Amendments Act tomorrow, I will not vote for him in November per se.
Neither will Barack Obama be getting the support per se from the supporter in Indianapolis in swing state Indiana who writes, “I was the first in the neighborhood to place your yard sign firmly in the yard. I proudly wore the logo t-shirt to cast a vote in the Primary. In 2004, I asked everyone if they had seen the Convention speech, and found audio for those who had not to listen, that this man would be different from the leadership we have. So, why do I feel like removing my battered yard sign now?”
Barack Obama’s middle name is not Hussein. It’s Per Se. Barack Per Se Obama.
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This position is too harsh.
Obama supposedly is your guy. After the election most things can and will be reviewed by a new congress and placed before the new president.
Nothing legislative will happen now. Work harder.
Comment by EP 33 — 7/3/2008 @ 1:22 am
EP, have you listened to what Barack Obama says? He says that he wants the spy program to continue. And a “new Congress”?!? This is the new Congress that was supposed to stand up to George W. Bush. Remember?
Oh, and how about that new FBI program that allows agents to engage in wiretapping just because of an American’s ethnicity.
Add one plus one, now…
…and F.G. Fitzer is being too harsh, huh?
Comment by J. Clifford — 7/3/2008 @ 6:43 am