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.]
I second that. Nowadays it is the more common usage, the default, if you will. Gingrich was practicing a little verbal jiu-jitsu there, taking Santorum's choice of word and whacking him with it, the way a martial arts practitioner would seize the energy of an attack and use it against the attacker. Takes guts and skill, normally, but if one's opponent is much weaker, as Santorum is, well...it merely takes a bit of restraint so you only school him rather than fatally injure the pup.
I had a different impression of it, I thought Santorum said the guy had a big idea every minute and didn’t get anything accomplished. I lived through it at the time, the Contract For America or whatever it was that was the big idea that never got followed through on.
I heard Santorum repeat what this Romney ad said last night.
Which makes my comment make more sense....."Hmmmmm, wouldn't it be typical Romney to have bought off Santorum. Promise him the veep position as they tag team Newt. Trouble is, Santorum looks like a child stomping his feet at these debates. He does not look stately."
..I guess I'm surprised-- that you prefer grandiose(Newt)...ideas
... over substance, high standards, moral conscience and steady, dependable leadership....
..ALL of which Senator Santorum has.
I believe a lot of people on this forum are carried away by Newt's grandiose..rhetoric and can't see past that.
Chris Wallace is a clueless, mean spirited little troll. He wold be perfect on CNN.
Not necessarily. He may have an understanding of the word, but looked it up for support, or to see in how many ways it could be used. My guess, he wanted ammunition to use against Newt, and went to the dictionary for help.
Why are you dragging Obama into a discussion of Republican candidates? Don’t hate, bro.
How quickly we forget the outcome of Contract with America...
...a great idea!!.....and how many of those contracts were broken..
..it started out strong, full of hope....and much of it fizzled..
Remember when Wallace tried to help Mitt in his efforts to take out Bachmann when he asked her, "Are you a flake?
I'll just bet he did the same amount of dictionary research on what the meaning of "is" is when it came to Klintoon.
Leni
it’s sis, just fyi
You should be careful -
The negativity is subjective.
Similar to “baroque”. Some people like that. See “Lady Gaga’s career” for support.
One could have a “grandiose gesture on grandmas 100th birthday” - etc.
It is stupid anyway - and really tells us much more about Wallace than anything else.
The Contract with America DID get followed through on. The idea was to get a vote on all those issues within 100 days (I think it was 100 days.)
Those votes took place.
The crucial ones won and went forward. That is why there was welfare reform, tax cuts, paid down debt, and balanced budgets.
Santorum is going nowhere. Newt has the momentum. We need to get behind the candidate that has the momentum to put Romney away, and stand up to the news media and Obama. Santorum needs to drop out after SC.
we shall see, won’t we
Your fear is coming thru in spades, Bucko. Get a grip.
I thought Newt’s “gradiose” comeback line was brilliant. I don’t think any reasonably intelligent person got confused about what he meant. If Chris Wallace has to make a point of looking up the word to try to explain it away in favor of Santorum, that says all we need to know about Wallace’s motives.
Newt said exactly what is going on:
Newt is from the Reagan wing of the Party, which has always been hated by the GOP establishment.
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