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Frustrated Obama Sends Nation Rambling 75,000-Word E-Mail
« on: November 29, 2010, 12:52:17 PM »
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Frustrated Obama Sends Nation Rambling 75,000-Word E-Mail

WASHINGTON — Having admittedly "reached the end of [his] rope," President Barack Obama sent a rambling 75,000-word e-mail to the entire nation Wednesday, revealing deep frustrations with America's political culture, his presidency, U.S. citizens, and himself.

The e-mail, which was titled "A couple things," addressed countless topics in a dense, stream-of-consciousness rant that often went on for hundreds of words without any punctuation or paragraph breaks. Throughout, the president expressed his aggravation on subjects as disparate as the war in Afghanistan, the sluggish economic recovery, his live-in mother-in-law, China's undervalued currency, Boston's Logan Airport, and tort reform.

A 150-page printout confirms that while Obama's points are generally cogent in the first quarter of the message, the increasingly chaotic spacing, multiple spelling errors, and near total lack of commas rendered the later portions almost impossible to parse.

According to White House sources, Obama "snapped" late Tuesday afternoon when a staffer reminded him he was scheduled to take a call from incoming Speaker of the House John Boehner. At that point, a visibly disgusted Obama was observed slowly repeating the words "House Speaker Boehner" before ordering everyone to leave the Oval Office, where he sat typing and, according to some, banging angrily on his keyboard for the next five hours.
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Re: Frustrated Obama Sends Nation Rambling 75,000-Word E-Mail
« Reply #1 on: November 29, 2010, 01:45:33 PM »
And when you delete the, "Uh", "Um", "Let me perfectly clear", "me", "I", and other personal pronouns and references, consists of about 20 words.
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Re: Frustrated Obama Sends Nation Rambling 75,000-Word E-Mail
« Reply #2 on: November 29, 2010, 01:58:39 PM »
I can't get to the Onion because of the firewall, but I'd bet that in that 75,000 word spewage there isn't Word One about his own miserable performance.

He's got a finger to point at everybody but himself.
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Re: Frustrated Obama Sends Nation Rambling 75,000-Word E-Mail
« Reply #3 on: November 29, 2010, 02:00:55 PM »
I can't get to the Onion because of the firewall, but I'd bet that in that 75,000 word spewage there isn't Word One about his own miserable performance.

He's got a finger to point at everybody but himself.

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Re: Frustrated Obama Sends Nation Rambling 75,000-Word E-Mail
« Reply #4 on: November 29, 2010, 02:03:35 PM »
Ummm, Euph; isn't it your turn in the "O'Bummer blame game" barrel soon?  Sucks to be you, man.

I'm looking forward to getting the email directly from my mole when he gets out of jail.  :-)
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Re: Frustrated Obama Sends Nation Rambling 75,000-Word E-Mail
« Reply #5 on: November 29, 2010, 07:40:35 PM »
And when you delete the, "Uh", "Um", "Let me perfectly clear", "me", "I", and other personal pronouns and references, consists of about 20 words.
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Re: Frustrated Obama Sends Nation Rambling 75,000-Word E-Mail
« Reply #7 on: December 06, 2010, 08:00:22 PM »
Very funny :tongue:
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