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The White House's unprecedented use of 'unprecedented'
By: Carol E. Lee
November 25, 2009 12:54 AM EST
The Obama White House is addicted to the unprecedented"
...Obama has relied on unprecedented in more than 90 instances, using the word at least 129 times in everything from major addresses to small speeches, statements, memorandums and proclamations. (Bush, by contrast, used the word 262 times over eight years.)
...But by applying the unprecedented label to a so many scenarios in government from transparency to efforts to reduce the environmental impact of mountaintop coal mining the Obama administration risks outsize expectations and overhype.
It comes close to a certain arrogance, Hughes said, as if this president has done things that no other president has ever done before except that they have done them before.
Obama even treads on unprecedented territory in ways hes not trying to highlight. At this point in his presidency hes spent more time on the golf course, for instance, than his immediate predecessor. Hes also attended more fundraisers. And sometimes he surprises people with his characterization of himself as "America's first Pacific president," as he did in Tokyo last week.
Obama's unprecedented use of "unprecedented" will likely continue in his second year in office, when the administration is expected to tackle the unprecedented deficit.
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The White House's unprecedented use of 'unprecedented'
By: Carol E. Lee
November 25, 2009 12:54 AM EST
The Obama White House is addicted to the unprecedented"
...Obama has relied on unprecedented in more than 90 instances, using the word at least 129 times in everything from major addresses to small speeches, statements, memorandums and proclamations. (Bush, by contrast, used the word 262 times over eight years.)
...But by applying the unprecedented label to a so many scenarios in government from transparency to efforts to reduce the environmental impact of mountaintop coal mining the Obama administration risks outsize expectations and overhype.
It comes close to a certain arrogance, Hughes said, as if this president has done things that no other president has ever done before except that they have done them before.
Obama even treads on unprecedented territory in ways hes not trying to highlight. At this point in his presidency hes spent more time on the golf course, for instance, than his immediate predecessor. Hes also attended more fundraisers. And sometimes he surprises people with his characterization of himself as "America's first Pacific president," as he did in Tokyo last week.
Obama's unprecedented use of "unprecedented" will likely continue in his second year in office, when the administration is expected to tackle the unprecedented deficit.
Full article here:
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