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2019-04-07 Home Front: Politix

New Record: Obama Mentions Himself 456 Times During Berlin Townhall [Montage]

[Grabien, HT to Weasel Zippers]

President Obama was in Germany on Saturday, ostensibly to speak about "community leadership and civic engagement" on behalf of his eponymous Obama Foundation, but Berliners soon discovered his main topic of interest was ... Barack Obama.

Obama talking about himself in an almost obsessive manner is no new phenomenon, but today he shattered his own records. Over the course of a 90 minute townhall with "emerging leaders," Obama mentioned himself an eye-popping 467 times.

Here's the breakdown of his personal pronoun use (based on a rush transcript of the event):

"I" ‐ 303

"Me" ‐ 33

"My" ‐ 43

"I’d" ‐ 9

"I’m" ‐ 59

"Myself" ‐ 9

The former president's comments began on his favorite topic: himself.

Posted by Frank G 2019-04-07 11:30|| || Front Page|| [11 views ] Top

#1 Obama talking about himself in an almost obsessive manner is no new phenomenon...

That's right! It simply wouldn't be him if he didn't.

Posted by Besoeker 2019-04-07 11:47|| 2019-04-07 11:47|| Front Page Top

#2 DSM-V, Toxic Narcissist

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2019-04-07 12:12|| 2019-04-07 12:12|| Front Page Top

#3 At what point does he collapse into a singularity? Or in his case, just a brown dwarf...

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-04-07 12:43|| 2019-04-07 12:43|| Front Page Top

#4 #3 for the win!

Posted by Rex Mundi 2019-04-07 13:17|| 2019-04-07 13:17|| Front Page Top

#5 Ptolmey had it all wrong; the Sun doesn't revolve around the Earth; the Earth revolves around Barack Obama.

Posted by Raj 2019-04-07 13:27|| 2019-04-07 13:27|| Front Page Top

#6 And Capt. Kirk is orbiting Uranus wiping up Klingons...

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-04-07 13:30|| 2019-04-07 13:30|| Front Page Top

#7 Out-narcissuses Narcissus. The newly revised Greek mythological character of Narcissus will be updated to Baraq or Barry. Changes in DSM-X coming soon.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2019-04-07 13:53|| 2019-04-07 13:53|| Front Page Top

#8 It's always so amusing when he tries to speak without a teleprompter.

Posted by Abu Uluque 2019-04-07 14:00|| 2019-04-07 14:00|| Front Page Top

#9 If someone had told him at the right moment it was a Tel Aviv Prompter, maybe he never gets elected. A pretty thought...

Posted by M. Murcek 2019-04-07 14:02|| 2019-04-07 14:02|| Front Page Top

#10 He's not sporting a beard?

Posted by JohnQC 2019-04-07 16:14|| 2019-04-07 16:14|| Front Page Top

#11 He's down by the lake, as I feared,
Disporting himself with his beard:
"This thing is so big
That it's got its own wig,"
Sez King B, "but we're not a bit weird!"

Posted by Ching Chaiting3340 2019-04-07 17:28|| 2019-04-07 17:28|| Front Page Top

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