In a speech yesterday, Sarah Palin used "gonna," meaning going to, twice in one sentence and and "likin," meaning liking,all in the same paragraph.
"We're gonna take back our country and we're gonna turn things around! ...
"They're not likin this..."
What's going on with our leaders? I don't mind a little slang now and then, but President Obama uses the word, "gonna," so often we might as well forget trying to teach school children to speak properly.
Newscasters, especially those who are hostile to Sarah Palin and all she stands for, have picked up on this habit she has of dropping the endings to words like "liking" or phrases like "going to," and mock her by using the same kind of slang in a derogatory way.
Today, on a newscast, I even noticed some of Sarah Palin's fans carrying signs that read, "We're gonna take our country back."
In all fairness to the President, I noticed Sarah dropping the endings to her words way back when she was running for Vice President. "I'm always gonna be Sarah from Alaska...." she said as she returned to her hometown to cast her vote. Maybe Mr. Obama picked up his habit from listening to her.
Either way, I wish both of them would start acting like real leaders, because I don't look forward to listening to a whole new generation following the ridiculous examples being set for them.
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