September 24, 2009

Narcissus in office

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.)
Nar-cis-sism � noun
1. inordinate fascination with oneself;
excessive self-love;
vanity
--Dictionary.com
In mythology, Narcissus was the guy who fell in love with his own reflection.

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... Posted by DaveH at September 24, 2009 11:42 AM
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