Smirk adds "of" to his vocabulary.

[TahitiNut]

It was an "of"ley speech ...

... the supporters of the National Endowment for Democracy ... advance of democratic institutions ... rights of dissidents ... the hopes of exiles ... rise of new democracies ... ruins of tyranny ... costs and sacrifice of that struggle ... generations of democratic progress ... campaign of fear ... campaign of freedom ... member of the National Endowment for Democracy ... chairman of the U.S. Security and Exchange Commission ... National Endowment of Democracy ... secretary of state ... secretary of defense ... chairman of the Joint Chiefs ... members of the diplomatic corps ... anniversary of a great evil ... images and experience of September the 11th ... evil of that morning ... images of destruction and suffering ... acts of madness ... set of beliefs ... religion of Islam ... form of radicalism ... establishment of a totalitarian empire ... idea of jihad ... part of global borderless terrorist organizations ... vision of the radicals ... out of their lands ... history of Beirut ... control of a country ... weapons of mass destruction ... suffering and frustration of others ... culture of victimization ... pawns of terror ... threat of violence ... influence of Islamic radicalism ... allies of convenience ... goal of hurting ... versions of Islam ... parts of the world ... elements of the Arab news media ... speak of so-called "American war on Islam" ... actions of our coalition ... rage of radicals ... hatred of the radicals ... litany of excuses ... defeat of the Taliban ... crusades of a thousand years ... set of grievances ... act of ours ... rage of the killers ... act of appeasement ... ideology of the Islamic radicals ... challenge of our new century ... ideology of communism ... ideology of communism ... murders of Daniel Pearl ... killer of Theo Van Gogh ... veneer of religious rhetoric ... most of the victims ... rejection of justice and honor and moral and religion ... enemies of America ... enemies of Iraq ... enemies of Islam ... enemies of humanity ... kind of shameless cruelty ... ideology of communism ... aspect of life ... future of justice and holiness ... future of oppression and misery ... ideology of communism ... dismissive of free peoples ... most cowardly of God's creatures ... throat of a bound captive ... enemies of a rising democracy ... cause of freedom ... enemies of freedom ... ideology of communism ... contributions of half the population ... rest of their grim vision ... image of the past ... declaration of war ... idea of progress ... region of the world ... attacks of terrorist network ... task of tracking enemy activity ... all of those ... mastermind of the USS Cole bombing ... chief of Al Qaida operations ... mastermind of the Jakarta and the first Bali bombings ... many of Al Qaida's senior leaders ... Because of the steady progress ... capable of global operations ... acts of murder ... weapons of mass destruction ... shipments of suspected weapons technology ... weapons of mass destruction ... out of their hands ... sanctuary of outlaw regimes ... history of collaboration ... victims of terror ... acts of terror ... guilty of murder ... enemy of civilization ... control of any nation ... remnants of the Taliban ... heart of their power ... lives of Iraqi citizens ... rise of an elected government ... notion of our common humanity ... rules of warfare ... funeral of a child ... leaders of Iraq ... precedent of history ... writing of a constitution ... space of two and a half years ... time of our Fallujah operations ... achievements of the Iraqi people ... durability of democracy ... appeal of freedom ... essence of democracy ... will of the people ... traditions of all citizens ... future of their country ... seeds of freedom ... lives of all ... control of Iraq ... set of killers ... destruction of our own country ... control of Iraq ... middle of a long struggle ... problems of the world ... weary of fanaticism ... tired of murder ... retreat of the civilized world ... element of our strategy ... future of that region ... resentments of millions ... part of the world ... source of endless conflict ... rest of the world ... freedom of others ... path of reform, ... choices of their own people ... dissidents of today ... democratic leaders of tomorrow ... rule of law ... life of one person ... all of humanity ... people of the Muslim faith ... survival of their own liberty ... future of their own region ... humanity of their own tradition ... United States of America ... rise of a deadly enemy ... unfolding of a global ideological struggle ... expression of an ancient struggle ... course of our own struggle ... course our own struggle will take ... defense of freedom ... love of freedom ... force of history ... cause of freedom ...

[Dora]

1. Oh yeah? Well what of it?

I slay myself.

[TomInTib]

2. Great catch! How many "of"s in how many minutes? n/t

This, of course, was intentional.
Wonder what the psy-op is behind this.
Had to look really bizarre on rough draft diagram.

[shenmue]

3. He's almost ready...

for elementary school.

[elehhhhna]

4. Ah din't hear "Of the people". Weird.

[Dora]

5. Ping! Burn! Word! n/t

[TahitiNut]

7. Yep! And only one "of America."

It was bizarre listening to it, as though saying "of" was how he jutted his jaw and resynchronized his verbal brainstem.

Much was entirely USELESS redundancy. After all, what is "Islam" if not the "religion of Islam"?? What is "communism" if not the "ideology of communism"?? And why the hell say "people of the Muslim (sic) faith" when Muslims is what he means?

Bizarre.

[phusion]

6. jeezus...

I never quite realized how much propoganda and doublespeak there is in his speeches.

blah.

[louis-t]

8. 'of' must have polled well.

[ClintonTyree]

9. Did Frank Luntz come up with that?

Nice work, Frank! :eyes:

[Straight Shooter]

10. "space of two and a half years"?

I believe that should be "span of two and a half years."

Other than that, what do I think of his speech. I can't think of anything to say of what he said, of what he thought of us and of the people of other lands, of other cultures, of how he thinks God talks to him and of course, of his little lady in the front row of the fine dress and of the fine slender fingers that -- nevermind.

[I_Will]

11. Harlan McRaney ought to know...

http://www.badmash.org/videos/videos_flv.php?v=george_bush_512K_Stream.flv&t=Harlan%20Mcraney,%20Presidential%20Speechalist%205000