Posted on 08/01/2012 10:00:42 AM PDT by NOBO2012
...So when the big brained linguist in Big Guy’s close circle of advisors suggested that we add a period at the end of our newest campaign slogan “FORWARD” we did. So now the official slogan is FORWARD. Got that? FORWARD. Period. As in full stop.
...Butt what do I know, I don’t have an advanced degree in linguistics. Indeed, it isn’t as simple as it seems reports Carol E. Lee:
Simple enough. Except the moment seven characters became eight, things got complicated. Period. Even for some in the president's orbit, the added punctuation slams the brakes on a word supposed to convey momentum...
Maybe he should have thought about brakes a little earlier in our FORWARD. campaign...
(Excerpt) Read more at michellesmirror.com ...
FORWARD? is more appropriate.
The bus on Ken Kesey’s acid trips in the 1960’s had the destination sign on it “Forward”. How appropriate that Obama has picked it up.
The bus on Ken Kesey’s acid trips in the 1960’s had the destination sign on it “Forward”. How appropriate that Obama has picked it up.
That would have been totally gay!
Nope Kesey’s ride went FURTHER than just FORWARD.
http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2088972_2088978_2088962,00.html
I think you are right. Maybe I should have got of that bus a little sooner.........
Sorry, I forgot, Kesey’s bus was “FURTHER” not FORWARD”. Too many years have gone by.......
lol—if you remember it all, then you weren’t there!
Amen...
“Truer words”, my freind, “Truer words”...
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