Yes [comma] We Can

November 6, 2008

YES [COMMA] WE CAN

NEW HAVEN, C.T. -- Professor Emeritus of English Clarence Anderton is outraged with the election of Barack Obama.

"Young people need to understand that voting doesn't make you an adult; education and information make you an adult."

Dr. Anderton believes that there haven't been enough questions about Barack Obama's poor grammar.  In one of many campaign slogans used for Obama '08, democrats cheered, "Yes we can!"  The problem that Dr. Anderton has is the fact that they wrote the phrase without a comma after the "Yes."

"The responsive 'yes' is to a hypothetical question and is therefore an introductory phrase," Anderton explained.  "Not only does it require separation due to its introductory nature but it is also nonessential and redundant as the 'we can' more than suffices as a positive response."

NAACP spokesperson Jamaal Randall-Jones Randall responded in a press release, "Mr. Anderton is an elite, white educator purporting his beliefs in racial stratification unto the public.  It is an outrage that Mr. Anderton would stoop so low, it is borderline racist."

Editor's Note: Clarence Anderton is an African-American or, depending on what the proper nomenclature of the day seems to be, black.  He also appears to enjoy being called Doctor despite having no surgical credentials.  In regards to the comma theory, President Bush said, "Could have fooled me."