There’s a tendency for public speakers (often lawmakers or other elected officials) to emphasize their point through speaking at a tempered pace and repeating a phrase, so that instead of “The people have said they’re tired of Washington corruption, dependence on foreign oil, and a suffering economy.” We are more likely to hear “The people have said they are tired of Washington corruption, the people have said they are tired of our dependence on foreign oil, the people have said they are tired of our suffering economy.”

It’s a strategy that works on two or more levels. First, in an age where people are bombarded with auditory and visual advertisements, repetition effectively pierces the thick skull that is the average american consumer whore. Second, while speaking the repeated phrase, the speaker’s brain has ample time to come up with the material that will follow, thereby avoiding deadspace and becoming immune to non-interruption interference from others.