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)
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.
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.)
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)
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?")
To: xzins
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)
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)
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)
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."
17 posted on
01/20/2012 6:18:35 AM PST by
FrankR
(When you vote based on race...race is all you get.)
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.)
To: xzins
The fact is that Fox news is attempting to paint Gingrich as a crybaby, crazy, a whiner, someone with road rage, a racist, etc.. Gretchen said this morning that Santorum’s use of that word came close to calling him “crazy.” Then Chris Wallace came on and tried to drive it home. They just talked about an attack ad Romney has out which has his campaign mgr. Talent and a moderate Molinari who talk of Newt being chaotic and erratic and so forth. They say on this ad that Gingrich had to be removed for this. Mark Levin says this is false and those two people were COWARDS BACK THEN AND DID NOT SUPPORT NEWT AGAINST THE DEMOCRATS. I heard Santorum repeat what this Romney ad said last night.
23 posted on
01/20/2012 6:22:42 AM PST by
sheikdetailfeather
(Fox News: "We bash Newt. You vote for Romney!")
To: xzins
Here's the American Heritage Dictionary definitions.
1. Characterized by greatness of scope or intent; grand: a grandiose plan to develop the city's waterfront.
2. Characterized by excessive self-importance or affected grandeur; pompous: "It's important ... for judges not to be rattled by political attacks into grandiose assertions of judicial supremacy" (Jeffrey Rosen).
I don't know the context of the remark by Gingrich, so I can't choose.
26 posted on
01/20/2012 6:26:06 AM PST by
GVnana
(OMG! -- Obama Must Go!)
To: xzins
I was annoyed with Wallace this AM when he was on FNF. He indicated that it was appropriate for CNN to ask the question regarding Newt's ex as the first question. IMO there are more important issues like 'How do we react to Iran's aggression in the 'Straits'.
27 posted on
01/20/2012 6:27:06 AM PST by
duckman
(Go Newt...)
To: xzins
Perhaps Wallace needs to look up the words sarcasm and irony while he's at it.
And, uh, Chris - Newt is still the smartest man in the room - not you, you blathering tool.
30 posted on
01/20/2012 6:31:26 AM PST by
don-o
(He will not share His glory and He will NOT be mocked! Blessed be the name of the Lord forever.)
To: xzins
Grandiose.....
Characterized by feigned or affected grandeur;pompousI believe I know which definition Senator Santorum was expressing, and I happen to agree.
38 posted on
01/20/2012 6:43:18 AM PST by
Guenevere
(....We press on.....)
To: xzins
Chris Wallace is a clueless, mean spirited little troll. He wold be perfect on CNN.
45 posted on
01/20/2012 6:54:10 AM PST by
Georgia Girl 2
(The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
To: xzins; mickie
Chris Wallace is obviously anal retentive. He evinces an abnormal and sick obsession with researching minute details that he can utilize to play "gotcha" with his conservative prey.
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
To: xzins
Pompous fits and has less room for misinterpretation, in Gingrich's case.
55 posted on
01/20/2012 7:03:40 AM PST by
TomGuy
To: xzins
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.
59 posted on
01/20/2012 7:09:24 AM PST by
Proudcongal
(NEWT/PERRY or NEWT/SANTORUM or NEWT/PALIN 2012!)
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