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True to form

Different species appear each in their individual shape, size and color, etc.

And they do different things, too, according to a regular pattern.

As long as they follow that regular pattern, they’re running true to from.

So long as they’re running true to form, there’s normalcy.

When we talk about human behavior, however, we’re usually critical when we use the phrase “true to form”. When we use this phrase on people, we’re usually talking about their bad behavior, of one type or other. For example, Jack is someone who comes to meetings late and today he’s late again. That’s a perfect occasion for someone to remark: True to form, Jack is late.

Similarly, in our example, former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney, a Republican, accuses Barack Obama of playing politics in his State of the Union speech. “True to form, the President in his State of the Union speech is more interested in politics than in leadership,” he says. “True to form” suggests President Obama has always been like that and Mr. Romney doesn’t approve of it.

Explaining himself, Romney goes on to say that Obama is “more intent on winning elections than on winning progress”, whatever that means.

I mean, is Romney’s criticism merited?

Without delving deep into the subject, let’s face a few facts. First, Obama is black. He’s the country’s first African American President. He introduces what is known as Obama Care. He wants more gun control. He wants to raise taxes for the rich, etc, and so forth.