Another obvious example of self-reference
[From http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090428/ap_on_go_co/us_specter_switch]
Not long after Specter met privately with Republican senators to explain his decision, the party's leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell, said the switch posed a "threat to the country." The issue, he said, "really relates to ... whether or not in the United States of America our people want the majority party to have whatever it wants, without restraint, without a check or balance."
This brand of rich, blatant irony might drive the more familiar "hip," conscious irony out of business.
Not long after Specter met privately with Republican senators to explain his decision, the party's leader, Sen. Mitch McConnell, said the switch posed a "threat to the country." The issue, he said, "really relates to ... whether or not in the United States of America our people want the majority party to have whatever it wants, without restraint, without a check or balance."
This brand of rich, blatant irony might drive the more familiar "hip," conscious irony out of business.