Let's be clear

[absenthine]

I've already honed in on a few of Obama's catch verbal quirks:

"uh, uh," for pauses

non-use of contractions

always talking about collaboration

use of "round table" imagery

talks about "problem solving" a lot

and my favorite phrase, "Let's be clear." 

Comments

[zep_psi]

Maybe he was a public school administrator in a previous life...

[absenthine]

Or an administrator of any kind! Those kinds of verbal ticks betray experience in discourse and verbal sparring.