Wed, 08 Oct 2008

Verbage

Fascinating deconstruction of the political doublespeak the Republicans have foisted upon us this year.

In recent elections, the Republican hate word has been “liberal,” or “Massachusetts,” or “Gore.” In this election, it has increasingly been “words.” Barack Obama has been denounced again and again as a privileged wordsmith, a man of mere words who has “authored” two books (to use Sarah Palin’s verb), and done little else.

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On 10/14/2008 15:04:27
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