Only a crude sophist could even imagine uttering such blather.
Acts of uttering such sentences, or of assenting to them when they are uttered by others, are shared responses to stimulation.
Imagine Obama's immediate predecessor even uttering such words.
"And my brothers make fun of my feet, so I'm self conscious about those too". Phyllis George surely never uttered such a thing in her Miss America day, but Rudd has learned in the pageant coaching business how to shift negatives into positives.
Had someone with a higher artistic reputation like Chris Nolan, or a preferred, "I'm just a regular guy" director like Jon Favreau, uttered such a thing, I can only imagine that many of the now allegedly offended would be bending over backwards to either justify the utterance or take steps to get said auteur off the moral hook.
There is considerable doubt whether Gipp ever uttered such a sentiment to Rockne.
It is, frankly, hard to understand how he could have uttered such words even once.
Certainly it cannot be that these organizations have better things to do than go after Biden for using a phrase that Tapscott himself admits to using ("Having myself uttered such words on too many occasions... .. )... ..
Their congregants were writing and e-mailing them: some wanted to share their emotional reactions to Mr. Obama's speech; others asked how Mr. Wright, the minister, could utter such inflammatory things from the pulpit.
In short order, Invesco released a statement announcing its intention to sue The Post and Mr. Paige, denying that anyone at Invesco would utter such a thing.
In this mood of euphoria, she gave an interview to Woman's Own that contained the most famous - or notorious - quotation she ever uttered: "There is no such thing as society.
