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To: bizzyblog

If I'm not mistaken, I think a person holds the title "Congressman" as long as they don't go into a higher office (Senate, President, Governor, Ambassador, etc.).


7 posted on 06/02/2005 6:12:45 PM PDT by Bluegrass Conservative
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To: Bluegrass Conservative; beandog

See 12. Ohio election law makes it illegal to do so in campaign ads and literature.

If I see McEwen on the street, it might be etiquette-appropriate for me to call him Congressman. It is not appropriate OR LEGAL for the McEwen campaign to call him Congressman in campaign ads. It implies incumbency and gives a sense of some kind of entitled superiority, which is one of the things I find very troubling about McEwen anyway.


13 posted on 06/02/2005 6:56:18 PM PDT by bizzyblog
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To: Bluegrass Conservative

Reminds me of an exchange in the musical "Evita." Eva is touring Europe to drum up money for Juan Peron and is meeting with a cool reception. She complains to a retired Italian admiral that she is being called a "whore" even those days are far behind her. The retired Italian admiral observes that he is called "Admiral" even though he hasn't been to sea in years.


21 posted on 06/02/2005 7:46:28 PM PDT by bagman
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