Number One
"The American People"
I'm actually thankful for this phrase because any time a politician or commentator or whoever uses it, I know that whatever they're saying is bullshit. It's as if I am of one mind with my brethren in Eugene, Oregon, Piggott, Arkansas, and elsewhere. "Yes, Senator Frist, we have formed a collective, and we have decided that Medicaid reform is in our best interest." Don't these guys read the papers? There's no consensus. There's no "American people", in the sense that everyone agrees with what some amateur rhetorician (yeah, but he's a successful businessman, so he'll look out for our interests) has to say.
My first recollection of abuse of the phrase came during the Anita Hill hearings, when everyone kept saying stuff like, "The American people need an honest answer from Clarence Thomas," or "The American people should not have to hear about pubic hairs on Coca Cola cans". I made that second example up.
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I'm actually thankful for this phrase because any time a politician or commentator or whoever uses it, I know that whatever they're saying is bullshit. It's as if I am of one mind with my brethren in Eugene, Oregon, Piggott, Arkansas, and elsewhere. "Yes, Senator Frist, we have formed a collective, and we have decided that Medicaid reform is in our best interest." Don't these guys read the papers? There's no consensus. There's no "American people", in the sense that everyone agrees with what some amateur rhetorician (yeah, but he's a successful businessman, so he'll look out for our interests) has to say.
My first recollection of abuse of the phrase came during the Anita Hill hearings, when everyone kept saying stuff like, "The American people need an honest answer from Clarence Thomas," or "The American people should not have to hear about pubic hairs on Coca Cola cans". I made that second example up.
*FINIS*
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