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Mark Steyn: He was complacent, arrogant and humourless. How they loved him
The Sunday Telegraph (U.K.) ^
| 08/01/04
| Mark Steyn
Posted on 07/31/2004 4:08:52 PM PDT by Pokey78
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To: mylife
The Left here is show on the left- welcome to the Kerry looking glass and where their is No Truth because they will not accept facts
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posted on
07/31/2004 6:15:25 PM PDT
by
Helms
(EITHER YOU CREATE A JOB OR SOMEONE ELSE DOES FOR YOU SO EASE UP)
To: Stentor
"You have to enervate the base" Poor Afleck was confused and thoughtKerry was going to speak in his now famous Ever Ready Enerviser bunny suit.
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posted on
07/31/2004 6:16:55 PM PDT
by
balls
To: Cultural Jihad
Bookmarked. Your #37 is what jumped out at me too.
To: AHerald
He's more lugubious and ecstatic and bociferous than Mike Tyson, boliviously.
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posted on
07/31/2004 6:35:56 PM PDT
by
Benrand
To: Stentor
For those who missed the joke, from Merriam-Webster Online:
Main Entry: 2en·er·vate
Pronunciation: 'e-n&r-"vAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Form(s): -vat·ed; -vat·ing
Etymology: Latin enervatus, past participle of enervare, from e- + nervus sinew -- more at NERVE
1 : to reduce the mental or moral vigor of
2 : to lessen the vitality or strength of
synonym see UNNERVE
To: Pokey78
To his numbed, buttock-shifting listeners, the great sonorous self-regarding orotund bromidic banality of Senator Kerry and his multitude of nuances is proof of how much more serious he - and therefore they - are. Love it. Only Steyn delivers like this!
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posted on
07/31/2004 6:47:39 PM PDT
by
TC Rider
(The United States Constitution © 1791. All Rights Reserved.)
To: Carolinamom; GretchenM
From the way he treats average people, his goals are in being served, not in serving others. That is certainly the hallmark of a petty and disordered man, one who cannot even be bothered to say 'hello' or even to personally ask mere commoners in his way to 'shove it' without having his personal valet ask for him.
To: Pokey78
Man! You just have to give it UP to Steyn, what a wordsmith!
the great sonorous self-regarding orotund bromidic banality of Senator Kerry
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posted on
07/31/2004 6:54:33 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Paulus Invictus
Absolutely right.
Ennervate: : to reduce the mental or moral vigor of
In order to win, Kerry will have to reduce the voters' mental vigor, in other words: make them stupid.
49
posted on
07/31/2004 6:56:51 PM PDT
by
LouisWu
(I want more baloons, !@#$#^&! What the *&^% are you guys doing up there?!)
To: Pokey78
Because in the end he's running for President because he feels he ought to be President. That's his message to George W Bush: "The Senator needs you to move." And even then everyone else says it better.
Exactly on target. Mark Steyn BUMP
50
posted on
07/31/2004 7:09:52 PM PDT
by
Libertina
(Photoshop is our friend - just ask John Bunny-Suit Kerry ;))
To: Pokey78
...the great sonorous self-regarding orotund bromidic banality of Senator Kerry and his multitude of nuances...
*sigh* And he'll turn around and write another one in a day or so. How does he do it?
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posted on
07/31/2004 7:16:02 PM PDT
by
Watery Tart
("Lady of the Rain-slicked Tarmac", She who Sharpens the Vorpal Hockey Stick)
To: Cultural Jihad
Bingo. Why would a person vote for a politician who cannot say, "Excuse me"?
52
posted on
07/31/2004 7:19:09 PM PDT
by
Ruth A.
To: Watery Tart
Kerry now says that Bush "misled" him on Iraq. But, if he was that easily suckered by a renowned moron, how much more susceptible would he be to such wily operators as Chirac. They would speak French to each other, and Jacques would blow soothingly in his ear, and Kerry would look flattered, and there'd be lots of resolutions and joint declarations, and nothing would happen. We'd be fighting the war on terror through the self-admiring inertia of windbag multilateralism. Another world-class paragraph from the Great One.
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posted on
07/31/2004 7:30:29 PM PDT
by
EternalVigilance
(John Kerry's America: "Weaker, Deader, Dumber")
To: tet68
>>>"Steyn, what a wordsmith! "
"orotund"
Etymology from dictionary.com:
... alteration of Latin re rotund, with a round mouth
The listed meaning of orotund is pompous, or bombastic.
So, besides being pompous, his mouth does look different, quite round, now that his saggy jowls are gone. I wonder if there is a correlation?
See also:
orotundity
Hoppy
To: Pokey78
55
posted on
07/31/2004 7:59:51 PM PDT
by
PGalt
To: Paul_B
I met someone at a party tonight and the subject of politics came up with neither of us knowing the leaning of the other. He mentioned that his favorite columnist was Mark Steyn! and all was revealed. We realized that we were political soulmates.
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posted on
07/31/2004 8:01:02 PM PDT
by
maica
(Hitlary says; "We are going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good"...)
To: Helms
It could be Kerrys platform...one pill makes you LARGER and the other...makes you small.
The ones that George Bush gives you dont do anything at all.
When the white nights talking backwards and the queen has lost her head...
remember.... what the doorman said....
FEED YOUR HEAD!
(personally i cant see it but , this guy is selling a 60's pipedream)
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posted on
07/31/2004 8:04:12 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
To: EternalVigilance
[Italicize entire article here as a way of highlighting the especially good parts.]
;o)
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posted on
07/31/2004 8:06:00 PM PDT
by
Watery Tart
("Lady of the Rain-slicked Tarmac", She who Sharpens the Vorpal Hockey Stick)
To: Pokey78
But Kerry gives the impression that, as long as he enjoys the perks of the top job, he's happy to subcontract his judgment to others.
%%%%
Steyn is the first commentator that I have seen put this observation into words. Kerry does seem quite oblivious to actually being the top guy. His whole approach seems to be that his 'advisors' will be directing the course of our country for the term of his office. Add to that who some of the 'advisors' he has drawn to him - Berger, Wilson, Clarke - and we have a picture of total imcompetence.
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posted on
07/31/2004 8:07:05 PM PDT
by
maica
(Hitlary says; "We are going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good"...)
To: Helms
It could be Kerrys platform...one pill makes you LARGER and the other...makes you small.
The ones that George Bush gives you dont do anything at all.
When the white nights talking backwards and the queen has lost her head...
remember.... what the doorman said....
FEED YOUR HEAD!
(personally i cant see it but , this guy is selling a 60's pipedream)
60
posted on
07/31/2004 8:08:55 PM PDT
by
mylife
(The roar of the masses could be farts)
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