"Refudiating" Sarah Palin Shows Poor Taste

The Jazz Patriot ^ | July 23, 2010 | jazzpatriot

[jazzpatriot]

I’ve always felt that skill at articulating a persons thoughts meant more to members of the media who make their living using their verbal skills than it does to the rest of us who are usually more concerned with what people say than they are with how they say it.

I remember when Dan Quayle was ridiculed by the national media for correcting a student's correct spelling of "potato" to "potatoe" at an elementary school spelling bee in Tiverton, New Jersey in 1992. He later wrote in his memoirs that it was spelled that way on the card the school had given him and though he questioned the spelling to himself, he decided to trust the materials he had been given. The mistake propelled the national media into a frenzy as they had been trying to prove he was an intellectual lightweight since he was nominated for the position of Vice President at the Republican National Convention in New Orleans in 1988.

[edge919]

It’s all part of Palin’s strategery to win over Obama’s independent voters. The independents aren’t too literimate.

[GeronL]

The media makes up new words all the time.

[onyx]

Well, ya know what is said about opinions, like another body part, everyone has one, but don’t bother refudiating that.

[Fred]

It shows desperation, panic and FEAR!!!! It is wise to fear a grizzly...

[fullchroma]

Our articulate and genius(!) President mispronounces divisive, formidable and corpsman. He also misuses a and an.

Double standard, hard at work.

[FrankR]

Along with dealing the race card, one of the left's tricks - even here on FR - is to administer an anal spelling bee.

It's all part of the Alinsky "humiliate" plan and means nothing. They will try and make a "Dan Quayle" moment out of this, but nobody is buying it.

It's more symbolism over substance that the left is so famous for using. The object of language is to communicate, and Sarah communicated well what she meant, with "refudiate". I understood it, and so did the rest of the country.

Just wait a couple days and the brain dead press will find some other minor point to harp on about Sarah.

Man, it must be nervewracking to be THAT afraid of someone.

[org.whodat]

Is the definition of refundating, what will occur when amnesty/regulation is given to illegals.

[Stepan12]

I have seen potato spelled with an e.

I picked up a German made V slicer and the instructions it came with spelled it P O T A T O E.

[Will88]

Prominent people in all 57 states make occasional mistakes.

[brytlea]

Besides, he hisses like a snake when he says the letter “s”.

[TomGuy]

Simple web searches reveal that 'refudiate' was used long before Sarah Palin ever became a household name.

A previous thread and examples of pre-Palin use:

Sarah Palin ...What’s the big problem with refudiate? From Dictionary.com

Tuesday, July 20, 2010 6:32:47 AM · 61 of 88
TomGuy to American Dream 246


Refudiate has been used several times by others in previous years. It was used mostly in blog posts, but writers were using the word.

A couple of more professional examples from 2004 and 2005 are:

[National Park Service] Research Report GRTE-N-1

The Elk of Grand Teton and Southern Yellowstone National Parks National Park Service Arrowhead

THE ELK POPULATION

[paragraph 3] These strongly refudiate opinions that elk and other wildlife were originally scarce in the mountains.

Last Modified: Tues, Jan 20 2004 10:00:00 pm PDT
http://www.cr.nps.gov/history/online_books/fauna8/fauna2.htm


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WOM* Interviews Dr. Marlene Schwartz of the Rudd Institute at Yale University

WOM: Has the Rudd Institute documented bias against obesity by the medical community in general (in addition to those specializing in the treatment of obesity)? What has the Rudd Institute found to substantiate or refudiate this?

*War on Fat website, April, 2005.

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Source search link to additional uses in blogs: alltheweb.com

[fullchroma]

Besides, he hisses like a snake when he says the letter “s”.

Yes! Makes me cringe. What's that all about? Honestly, the man is all politics and affectation. No heart, soul, substance or sense.

[Ole Okie]

Our articulate and genius(!) President mispronounces divisive, formidable and corpsman. He also misuses a and an.

The articulate and genius (!) Prexy obviously didn't study much American literature.

And based on his statements, he didn't study much American History either.

Not to mention American Geography and 57 states.

[immadashell]

I believe “refudiate” is the proper usage in the seven states Obama discovered.

[WashingtonSource]

His s’s are practically whistling hisses. It’s pathetic.

[sappy]

and over uses a non-word when the telepromter isn’t feeding.

uhhh, ummmm, uhhhh, ummmmm, uhhhh, 57 states; no tax increases.......uhhh, ummmm, ummmmmm, uhhhhhhh, golf, vacation, uuhhhhhh, ummmmmmmm

[brytlea]

I find it hard to believe he cannot correct it. It’s quite annoying, and I doubt he just started it.

[Jim Scott]

The left's two-year-long, desperate attempt to destroy Sarah Palin via sometimes vicious mockery and constantly characterizing her as an idiot not worthy of anyone's respect has failed. She is more influential than ever and draws huge crowds whenever she speaks. Her endorsement for a political candidate is golden. She has become more and more astute about handling the left's endless criticism by avoiding the MSM, being a contributor on Fox News and using Twitter and Facebook to get her views known. She is raising money for Republicans and making important political friends all over the country.

I believe Sarah Palin will run for the 2012 Republican nomination - and win. I suspect the left believes it, too and are doing all they can to destroy her public image. This won't be successful. The country is hurting and the Democrats are about to be politically vanquished in the next election. If Sarah Palin is no Ronald Reagan she is also no Dan Quaye. However, like Reagan, she will surmount the left's attempts to diminish her.

[Spartan79]

Let’s also recollect the 10,000 people Obozo said were killed by the tornado that struct Greensburg, Kansas (population 1,574).