I'll put my opinion in the simplest terms, I think it's pure bull. People often hear what they want to hear. Mass numbers of people once hearing a version of what someone else hears can be influenced to hear it also. I also don't buy into the Easter bunny.
A good friend was a flutist for the London Symphony Orchestra and we would listen to music and she would point out instruments only after did I hear them. I could listen to that music forever and not make them out did that mean they were not there. The skeptic would claim they are not there because I did not hear them the first time.
I think it's interesting some people choose to believe this "reverse talk" but in the end people will believe what they want to believe and I'm fine with that. Some people see the Virgin Mary on their toast and other people believe that too. It doesn't bother me and I don't really care..until they tell me I'm an idiot if I don't see it too.
Record yourself saying, "Yes, we can" and play it back in reverse. It doesn't take a lot of imagination to hear it. I think I would have heard it if I hadn't read it first. Still, the power of suggestion is strong. Whether Obama intended that when he chose the slogan is another matter.
I think where some people see a coincidence..others see a conspiracy... I believe the Obama thing is pure coincidence...
Yes, a coincidence. If you search hard enough you will find every politician has said that phrase not to mention religious leaders. Maybe even the Pope, you can pin a conspiracy theory on anyone.