The old saying is “success has many fathers but failure is an orphan.” President Obama has a different version though. For him, success has one father (him) but failure is always distributed.
People are starting to spot a pattern in his use of pronouns. Credit tends to be singular but blame is always plural.
Barack Obama: We underestimated ISIL http://t.co/jSCLejb0ML | AP Photo pic.twitter.com/0voyE5Y4xv
— POLITICO (@politico) September 28, 2014
We? Got a mouse in your pocket?
https://twitter.com/AAJAQUITS/status/516325500554588161
Obama loves the words "I" &"me," but when not admitting this massive mistake. "@politico: Barack Obama: We underestimated ISIL."
— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) September 28, 2014
https://twitter.com/FaithBased92/status/516347678524198912
.@politico Obama says "WE" underestimated Isis(L), but it was "I" and "me" when Osama was reputed to be put down.
— Allan Scott (@commonguy123) September 28, 2014
"I think THEY underestimated what had been taking place in Syria" MT @politico: Barack Obama: We underestimated ISIL
— Roland Bailey (@champbizzle24) September 28, 2014
https://twitter.com/Banshee308/status/516297276193792000
@Banshee308 @WayneDupreeShow My thoughts exactly. Obama uses "I" in almost every sentence, but switches to "we" when it comes to blame.
— America Matters?? (@Kun_Tzu) September 28, 2014
@AAJAQUITS @politico LOL….funny how many times he uses "I" when discussing wins….. but whips out the "we" for problems…
— Laura McGinnis (@TxsleuthUSA) September 28, 2014
https://twitter.com/AAJAQUITS/status/516327457675563009
“@politico: Barack Obama: We underestimated ISIL http://t.co/tl5KaqXQfB | AP Photo pic.twitter.com/QLkQaq5fEp” "We" LOL?
— Rick Tapia (@RomeroFactor) September 28, 2014
@politico Who's we?!? Don't you mean you @BarackObama underestimated #ISIS Stop making excuses. @CNNnewsroom @msnbc @60Minutes
— Sal (@SundevilSal) September 28, 2014
But *I* got bin Laden. RT @politico: Barack Obama: We underestimated ISIL http://t.co/3LtvFgTppS ht @joelengel
— Razor (@hale_razor) September 28, 2014
Leadership!
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