Posted on 08/10/2010 11:44:50 AM PDT by DManA
Smil'n Bob Gibs described his comment about the "Professional Left" as INARTFUL. I googled it and found this two year old essay by Safire. I thought it was delightful and an appropriate comment on Gibbs' use of the word.
(Excerpt) Read more at nytimes.com ...
You can google to huh? You are right it is worth the read.
Just establishing priority.
Actually, I was trying to imagine what a firestorm would have ensued had Bush or Palin used an “instandard” word like “inartful” for “artless”. I happen to like “refudiate”, btw.
The lexicographically unrecognized word was mantracized by the Obama staff The rate at which I learn new words dropped off considerable since Safire and Buckley passed.
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