While it’s Donald Trump’s blunt candor which has been generating news stories throughout this election season, Barack Obama jumped back into the erudition spotlight recently with a devastatingly brutal condemnation of current political rhetoric. Specifically, the World’s Most Eloquent President told a crowd in Elkhart, Indiana: “Don’t fall for the okey-doke.”
The halls of History already ring with many a lesser phrase. “Four score and seven years ago,” “Give me liberty or give me death,” “Ask not what your country can do for you,” “I have been to the mountaintop,” and “I did not have sexual relations with that woman” all fall by the wayside when compared to Mr. Obama’s brilliantly galvanizing insight.
I actually say okey-doke on a regular basis. But have never heard of it referred to as #hussein did. For me it is the same as “all right”, “you got it”, as in me given an instruction/objective and I agree it will happen.