MR. IRRELEVANTListen to me!http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/archives/individual/2006_10/009772.php[WP] Bush's proclamations are not the only rhetorical evidence of his mounting frustrations. One of his favorite verbal tics has long been to instruct audiences bluntly to "listen" to what he is about to say, as in "Listen, America is respected" (Aug. 30) or "Listen, this economy is good" (May 24).

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