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Chris Wallace Lies On National TV -- "Grandiose" and Newt Gingrich
Fox and Friends ^ | 20 Jan 12 | Fox and Friends

Posted on 01/20/2012 6:03:02 AM PST by xzins

Chris Wallace just claimed on national TV that he looked up the word "grandiose" in the dictionary and that it is a negative word and that Gingrich misused and misapplied it to himself. In the segment, Wallace was obviously spinning against Gingrich, and in that piece he was saying the "grandiose" exchange with Santorum was Santorum's shining moment.

However, he claimed he looked the word up in a dictionary and that the word is negative in meaning.

If he actually looked it up in any dictionary, it would have had multiple meanings. In honesty, he would have had to report that. He did not, so by his own word he looked it up, saw multiple meanings and chose that which he could spin.

gran·di·ose (grnd-s, grnd-s adj.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/grandiose

1. Characterized by greatness of scope or intent; grand. See Synonyms at grand.

2. Characterized by feigned or affected grandeur; pompous.

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[French, from Italian grandioso, from grande, great, from Latin grandis.]



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1 posted on 01/20/2012 6:03:17 AM PST by xzins
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To: xzins

As an English major I can tell you the word “grandiose” does have a negative connotation. As in ambitiously reaching in a way not indicated by the circumstances, or acting like it’s a bigger deal than it actually is.

Whether Wallace looked it up, who knows, but Wallace’s statements and premise is silly.


2 posted on 01/20/2012 6:06:47 AM PST by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: xzins

Says a lot about Wallace’s intellectual acumen that he had to look up the word “grandiose.” I don’t think I personally know anyone above the age of five who doesn’t know (or, can’t quickly figure out) the meaning of grandiose.

Lucky for Chris that daddy got him a job.


3 posted on 01/20/2012 6:06:59 AM PST by hampdenkid
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To: xzins

In his defense, Chris Wallace ain’t the sharpest knife in the drawer.


4 posted on 01/20/2012 6:08:23 AM PST by McGruff (Go Nuclear Newt.)
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To: xzins

In a battle of wits with Newt, Chris Wallace is severely undergunned.


5 posted on 01/20/2012 6:08:23 AM PST by Hugin ("Most time a man'll tell you his bad intentions if you listen and let yourself hear"--Open Range)
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To: tioga

this thread is begging for a wftd ping so the real experts can weigh in. :)


6 posted on 01/20/2012 6:10:22 AM PST by Explorer89 (And now, let the wild rumpus start!!)
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To: xzins
Newt can probably recite the dictionary by heart, providing all usages of the words in it.

It's about time the GOP had a really smart guy on its side. He is gonna murder the libs.

7 posted on 01/20/2012 6:10:58 AM PST by RoosterRedux (Newt: "Why vote for the guy who lost to the guy who lost to Obama?")
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To: xzins
Newt Gingrich Slams Chris Wallace Over 'Gotcha Question'
8 posted on 01/20/2012 6:11:02 AM PST by monkapotamus
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To: xzins

Why would you expect Chris Wallace to tell the truth about anything when Republicans/Conservatives are involved? He wants Obama to have a 2nd term.


9 posted on 01/20/2012 6:11:40 AM PST by winkadink (During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell)
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To: xzins

Chris Wallace is an ass with his daddy’s name attached.


10 posted on 01/20/2012 6:11:53 AM PST by unkus (Silence Is Consent)
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To: yldstrk

It does also have a negative connotation, but as you can see, it also has a positive one. An honest reporter would have said there was both a positive and a negative connotation and that Newt was using it appropriately in its positve sense.

Now, THAT would have been honest.

Not reporting that it also has a positive connotation, when you’ve just claimed to have looked the word up, is dishonest.


11 posted on 01/20/2012 6:12:17 AM PST by xzins (Retired Army Chaplain and Proud of It! Pray Continued Victory for our Troops Still in Afghan!)
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To: xzins

Some idiot dictionaries may claim it has a positive connotation, but it really doesn’t. Same with “notorious” there is no positive connotation to this word, but some ignoramuses use it that way. “Notorious” means well known for bad stuff not famous.


12 posted on 01/20/2012 6:15:25 AM PST by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: xzins; Allegra; big'ol_freeper; Lil'freeper; TrueKnightGalahad; blackie; Cincinatus' Wife; ...
Re: Chris Wallies Lies On National TV

And this... is news?

FNC overall may be slanted our way... but Chris Wallace isn't--

13 posted on 01/20/2012 6:17:24 AM PST by Bender2 ("I've got a twisted sense of humor, and everything amuses me." RAH Beyond this Horizon)
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To: yldstrk

Wallace is a Romney butt sniffer - nuff said!


14 posted on 01/20/2012 6:17:42 AM PST by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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To: monkapotamus

Haha! Just watched that video. PWNED!!!


15 posted on 01/20/2012 6:18:08 AM PST by RoosterRedux (Newt: "Why vote for the guy who lost to the guy who lost to Obama?")
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To: xzins
... "An honest reporter would have said"...

Help me with this one. Is there such a concept?

16 posted on 01/20/2012 6:18:35 AM PST by mosaicwolf (Strength and Honor)
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To: xzins
Actually, we - the people - knew what he meant, without the vocabulary lesson from Chris Wallace.

At this point, those trying to knock out the current GOP frontrunner, or threat to the frontrunner, are trying to kill him with a thousand paper cuts.

Those people who stand and cheer Newt are not worrying about his vocabulary.

The "elequent speaker" we now have in the WH has shown that speaking ability (albeit with teleprompter) doesn't mean that the "president" will do a great joy for the people.

I don't know what they'll climb on next - maybe his neckties or hair color - but it's far beyond apparent that the talking heads - even most on FOX news - are Romneyites, and next to protecting obama at all cost, they will shield for Romney to the end.

I hear repeatedly on the news that "...most people think Romney is the only one who can beat obama.". No...the news media is saying that because they know obama CAN beat Romney.

Like a sales manager I once knew told his team who were laughing at the top salesman's call report due to misspelled and misused words, "We need to stop worrying about spelling, and worry more about SELLING."
NEWT SLAM DUNK, NEW SLAM DUNKS KING
17 posted on 01/20/2012 6:18:35 AM PST by FrankR (When you vote based on race...race is all you get.)
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To: yldstrk

“As an English major I can tell you the word “grandiose” does have a negative connotation.”

Of course it does which is why Santorum used that word to describe Newt.


18 posted on 01/20/2012 6:18:51 AM PST by ari-freedom (If SOPA passes, we will lose our Free Republic.)
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To: ari-freedom

Exactly!!!!! lol


19 posted on 01/20/2012 6:20:13 AM PST by yldstrk ( My heroes have always been cowboys)
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To: xzins

When is the last time a Democrat’s word choices have undergone such scrutiny? This is an example of a personal vendetta that Wallace has for Gingrich—trying to hit ‘em while he’s (allegedly) against the ropes.


20 posted on 01/20/2012 6:20:31 AM PST by Lou L (The Senate without a filibuster is just a 100-member version of the House.)
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