Posted on 01/01/2007 2:21:15 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
No, "effected" is correct in this context.
Since Kennedy was in fact not athletic at all, "effected" is incorrect. What the author is trying to say is that Kennedy's 'athleticism' was an affectation, meaning an artificial behavior or manner which is intended to impress. One use of 'affected' is to denote the putting on of affectation.
There it is, a fabrication based upon opinion and played over and over until, like an obnoxious advertisement, it wears ruts into the public consciousness.
This is and has been their MO for years.
JFK was an accomplished swimmer and diver, noted for pursuing the pay-for-action females he often swam with in the WH pool. It was said, with some authority, that his back problems began when he reached for one of the nude swimmers and twisted his back.
Quayle was Vice President 1989-1993 and the Republican candidate for the same office in 1992. He was not the incumbent in 1996.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1760854/posts?page=25#25
M-W is just what happens to be in my Bible study software (Logos - www.logos.com), probably because of a licensing deal. I haven't had any issues with it, but then I probably don't use it on a level where I would. (I wouldn't even know where to go to evaluate the battle of he dictionaries.)
(The topic is dictionaries, so I need to check the spelling twice) ;-)
Great article, but the confused usage of "effected" caught my eye, too. Bad writer or worse editor? Products of publik skools?
I didn't realize Ford was MVP at Michigan and he won a scholarship to Yale. This is just another in a long line of examples of how the media create blatantly false images.
That may be true in a few instances, but you have to grasp the fact that the liberal media has intentionally mischaracterized conservatives for 60+ years.
It's probably irritatingly off-topic but, will these people never learn the difference between 'affected' and 'effected'?
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I think people thought H.W. Bush was a bit of a whiner because of Dana Carvey's impression of him. Carvey even admitted that he sounds more like Paul Lynn than Bush.
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All Democrats are "BRILLIANT"!!!
My Key Board ^ | 2/28/2004 | Robert Eimiller
Posted on 02/28/2004 2:45:11 PM EST by Bob Eimiller
Democrats are always considered "intellectuals" the media brands them all that way...hell JFK could read a whole novel in 2 hours.. Jimmy Carter was a "Brilliant" Nuclear engineer... He was just surprised when the Soviet Union invaded Afganistan... but he was really BRILLIANT" because, he said "Now I understand..." and that was "Brilliant". Bill Clinton a "BRILLIANT" Rhodes scholar... he never graduated from Oxford ...but....Bubba was so smart he could "COMPARTMENTALIZE" eveything, even his own troubles and still be a "Brilliant" decison maker.. a little aside, the only Rhodes Scholarships awarded tend go to the "Brilliant" far left of the political spectrum because they're obviously the only ones "brilliant" enough to "qualify".
and...HILLARY!!! Now boy is She ever "BRILLIANT"!!! She was on the very top of the list of the 100 smartest lawyers in the WHOLE damn country! Why that bastion for legal excellence..the Rose Law Firm in that Cosmopolitan metropolis in Little Rock would have just been another jerk water firm if it wasn't for her incredible "Brilliance"!
I guess ALL Democrats are "BRILLIANT" ..the only ones that the media aren't raving about being in the "brilliant category are the "crazy" ones like the "would be "BRILLIANT" DOCTOR Howard Dean... but he couldn't win so lets call him crazy instead of "brilliant"...although he IS really "Brilliant too!!
Aren't they all... DemocRATS that is... ask the NY Times or the Boston Globe or the Washington Post..or CBSNBCABCCNNMSNBC...
Remember how dumb Ronald Reagan was.. and Eisenhauer, "what a dummy" all he could do was play golf...and Gerald Ford..why he couldn't walk up and down stairs...he was hit in the head too many times playing football at Michigan...and Dan Quale...what a dummy..He couldn't even spell Potato (or is it Potatoe? hmmm well I'm only a Republican..give me a break) NOW we have that really DUMB Fighter pilot who can't talk properly... They wonder if he even can spell "W" He always lacked "GRAVITAS" didn't he?
The whole thing is CRAZY!!! oops scratch that..that's Howard Dean. Hmmm I wonder if Al Gore really got lost at Camp David? NAH ..the NY Times didn't tell us he did ..so he didn't "...he must be "BRILLIANT" too.. hell, he is supposed to be president... the NY Times says so...all the time, after all he IS a Brilliant Democrat.
Just wait until that "BRILLIANT" yet compassionate "war hero" John F. Kerry showcases his obvious "brilliance" in the presidential campaign. His anti-war protests were "BRILLIANT" and when he debates that dull dumb "W" the whole country will recognize his wonderful "Brilliance". His "Brilliance" will protect us from terrorism, just watch! Forget the notion that "W" has been defeating terrorism on every front. Prove it!!! Prove that the terrorists aren't just taking a rest.... and that's why we haven't had an attack in this country since the two in NY City and the Pentagon 8 months after the "Brilliant" Bill Clinton waged his aggressive war against terrorism... The WTC buildings didn't fall down in 1993 did they... and the USS Cole didn't sink! Did it? What a "Brilliant" administration!
We need to bring "Brilliance" back to the White House and remember John F. Kerry is a Democrat and obviously VERY "Brilliant"!!
Do you understand what I mean??? You do ..don't you?
No, I'm just not smart enough to understand.
Good post, BobEim.
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