Alas, yes, ‘ours’ – even if he doesn’t consider himself ‘yours.’ You voted, didn’t ya*?
Anyway, Andrew Malcolm sums up Barack Obama’s official tribute to Nelson Mandela.
During his 593-word statement, Obama managed to reference the deceased freedom fighter eight times.
Predictably, Obama also managed to reference Obama 14 times.
The heck of it is: it’s not the worst ostensible-subject-to-me ratio that Barack Obama’s ever managed.
Moe Lane
*Sorry, but we expect them to abide by the results of elections that we win, and ding them when they don’t. Works both ways.