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Obama’s Moment To Call Us To a Greater Collective Commitment

CHOICE WORDS

To get to “we,” Obama’s speech needs to avoid “I” and “they,” writes Mark McKinnon.

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Here’s what I don’t want to hear in President Obama’s inaugural address:

The word “I.” A recap of his first term. How hard things have been.

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