Ketchup Boy -- BADLY in need of some fustigation...
Also-- unfit to shine the shoes of Ronald W. Reagan!
Posted on 10/01/2004 5:45:27 AM PDT by VRWCmember
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fustigate \FUSS-tuh-gayt\ verb
1. to beat with or as if with a short heavy club
2. to criticize severely *
*Indicates the sense illustrated in the example sentence.
Example sentence:
The incumbent senator has been fustigated by his opponent for twice voting to raise taxes.
Did you know?
Though it won't leave a bump on your head, severe criticism can be a blow to your self-esteem. It's no wonder that "fustigate," when it first appeared in the 17th century, originally meant "to cudgel or beat with a short heavy stick," a sense that reflects the word's derivation from the Latin noun "fustis," which means "club" or "staff." The "criticize" sense is more common these days, but the violent use of "fustigate" was a hit with earlier writers like George Huddesford, who in 1801 told of an angry Jove who "cudgell'd all the constellations, ... / Swore he'd eject the man i' the moon ... / And fustigate him round his orbit."
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Practice makes perfect.....post on....
for sure! and at least W didn't disappoint me on that one and hopped right on it.
W said something about not needing to be POPULAR, i can't remember the exact phrasing, but the import was that he wasnt' interested in a GLOBAL POPULARITY CONTEST, which truly is one of the main differences between libs and conservs.
Ti was right earlier. Bush nailed it on substance, but lost it on style. Luckily, his voters are not easily swayed like the kedwards koolaid sippers.
A Pyrrhic debate win for Kerry
Has his backers all dancing and merry
The man from Mass debated smartly
Fustigated Bush tartly
A loser with perfect vocabulary
i agree, i don't think he lost a single voter, but kerry may have persuaded some precarious swing voters inclined to vote for him that there is more substance to the empty suit than originally thought. that is my only concern.
Hi VRWCmember:
I'll give it a shot.
If the MoonBats and Dung Weasels at DU wish to propigate.
It is they that we must quickly fustigate.
For the sake of Humanity
We must stop the Insanity
The fustis is just the tool
To empty that end of the rancid gene pool.
Jack.
rank and file voters do not watch debates, only political junkies watch debates.....I guarentee to you........my husband went up to the living room and watched tv all by himself - not one minute of the debates did he see.......
One huge opportunity that W seemed to completely pass rather than slamming kerry: in reponse to kerry's condescending and arrogant remark about correcting the president, Bush should have said something to the effect that if kerry had bothered to take the time to attend 10% of the Senate National Security Committee meetings then he might actually be informed enough to correct anybody on the issues.
Hubby got home about 10 minutes before Fox replayed it at 2am.........but was far too tired to keep his eyes open to watch it.
my husband was nervous for Bush, he is a big fan, but he does not find this relaxing....
"Relaxing"?????//that's the last word on earth I would use!!!
I think hubby secretly likes yelling at the TV!
Is it just me, or is FR having a slight case of webconstipation today??
Let me ask you another question. After that, will anoyone be watching the two remaining debates?
yep, i am wondering if he had some conscious coaching to not be negative in that way? there were so many things he could have said to slam kerry.
how in Gods name did they get his face back to a normal color? he must have been larded on with makeup.
I didn't yell, but I stared at the floor a lot not able to look........
xshub was at the hockey rink watching xsboy's practice, but came in around 10pm and saw the end. he wouldn't sit and watch it but walked in and out much like i was doing. i could not sit and just watch it, it was making me way too nervous.
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