[CHARLITE]

FYI Ping! :)

[hinckley buzzard]

The ACLU is reported to have severely criticized her for her "intemperate" remarks. This raises a number of questions. Is it intemperate to identify and articulate a problem for what it is?

It isn't just the ACLU. We had some shyster on FR a couple days ago saying exactly the same thing. Apparently the truth is indeed considered "intemperate," at least among the product of law schools.

[AmericanArchConservative]

Back in "the day", Rush Limbaugh used to reference the paroxysms of worshipful adulation which followed Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev as "Gorbasms"...

Ol' "Mikey" no longer commands the respect he once did, so I propose revisiting that moniker and flying it under a new flag - a different working definition, so to speak...

(drumroll, please...)

'gore-basm' {Gor-baz'm}

verb.

1) A seizure or outburst of banality.

2) A verbal tirade replete with self-absorption.

3) A rant detached from reality, and failing to recognise one's own irrelevance.

usage: (example) "Everyone in the Senate chamber expected John F. Heinz-Kerry to address specific provisions of the judiciary appointment debate, but instead he suffered a massive gorebasm while at the lectern."

(with apologies to no one)

A.A.C.