To the politician looking to shade the truth and evade responsibility, there is no greater superhero than Captain Pronoun. You wouldn't believe how much can be obfuscated simply by shifting the number and person of a narrative's dramatis personae. For example, on "60 Minutes" Sunday night, President Obama gave us a demonstration of how much can be accomplished by that indispensable man, the third person. Pressed on whether he was asleep at the wheel during the rise of the Islamic State—which he obviously was—Obama replied: "Our head of the intelligence community, Jim Clapper, has acknowledged that, I think, they underestimated what had been taking place in Syria." Yes, that's right.
Captain Pronoun
Captain Pronoun
Captain Pronoun
To the politician looking to shade the truth and evade responsibility, there is no greater superhero than Captain Pronoun. You wouldn't believe how much can be obfuscated simply by shifting the number and person of a narrative's dramatis personae. For example, on "60 Minutes" Sunday night, President Obama gave us a demonstration of how much can be accomplished by that indispensable man, the third person. Pressed on whether he was asleep at the wheel during the rise of the Islamic State—which he obviously was—Obama replied: "Our head of the intelligence community, Jim Clapper, has acknowledged that, I think, they underestimated what had been taking place in Syria." Yes, that's right.