Date:  Wed, 17 Apr 1996 09:16:02 -0400

From:  "Dale F.Coye" <CoyeCFAT[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]AOL.COM>

Subject: Re: the athlete/politician's third-person



Ollie North was the first one I noticed doing this in his testimony before

the congressional hearings. To me its a macho thing-- the speaker wants to

project the image of a tough guy. By the way I hear a radio bite from Dole

yesterday on NPR where he switched from 3rd person to the 1st person plural

in the same breath, something like "and when Bob Dole becomes president we

are going to get things done." He could have meant we, the congress, or we

the people, but it sounded like the Royal We to me.