The misanthrope's corner. (presidential candidate Bob Dole's irritating reference to himself in the third person)(Column)

From: National Review | Date: April 8, 1996| Author: King, Florence | Copyright information

Republican senator Bob Dole seems to have perfected the oratorical practice of referring to himself in the third person. Public speeches by the presidential candidate are strewn with third-person references that may sound comical when first heard, but eventually becomes a tiresome habit.

BOB Dole's habit of referring to himself in the third person is having such a disconcerting effect on the primaries that they will have to be renamed the tertiaries if he doesn't cut it out. He soun...

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