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Here’s an interesting phenomenon, I think. Some statements by US Presidents have taken on the status of memes. They’re false statements made by the President that cynically summarize his character and policies.

For example:

  • Richard Nixon: “I am not a crook.”
  • George H W Bush: “Read my lips: no new taxes.”
  • Bill Clinton: “I did not have sex with that woman, Monica Lewinski.”

What would you propose for Barack Obama? I’d say, without a doubt:

  • “If you like your insurance, you can keep your insurance.”

That’s a pretty damn good summary of his two terms, I think.

Can you think of examples for other recent presidents? George W Bush? Ronald Reagan? Jimmy Carter?

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Not particularly on topic, but these are the statements that I think define the last five Presidencies:

Reagan: "Government is not the solution to our problem government IS the problem" and

"General Secretary Gorbachev, if you seek peace, if you seek prosperity for the Soviet Union and eastern Europe, if you seek liberalization, come here to this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, open this gate. Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall!"

Bush Sr.: "We can realize a lasting peace and transform the East-West relationship to one of enduring co-operation."

Clinton: "We think 'we're all in this together' is a better philosophy than 'you're on your own.'"

Bush Jr.: "States like these and their terrorist allies constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world."

Obama: "I think when you spread the wealth around it's good for everybody."

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