"Let me Be Clear" -- Again and Again and Again

President Barack Obama has been saying “Let me be clear” since the onset of his presidency. And news outlets keep reinventing the story over and again.

The Nation first touched on the phrase in a short piece in July 2009, nearly six months after Obama took his oath of office, in a story headlined “Let me be clear.” Obama’s catch phrase was described as the telling line when Obama is on the “brink of some absurdity.”

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