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Mr. Word’s definition of the day: to change
http://wmbriggs.com ^ | WM Briggs

Posted on 01/06/2008 12:07:52 PM PST by mattstat

"To alter; to make different; to cause to pass from one state to another; as, to change the position, character, or appearance of a thing; to change the countenance.” — Webster, 1913.

Barack Obama is the official candidate of change. In last night’s debates in New Hampshire, Hillary Clinton boasted that she was a bigger candidate of change than Obama, and further, she had been changing for thirty-five years! Mitt Romney, the next day, agreed with his Democrat cousins, when at a rally he said, “What is needed is change.” All of the other candidates, both Democrat and Republican, agree, more or less stridently, that change is a requirement for the new president.

By the way, an informal statistical count I conducted in last night’s debate shows Fred Thompson using this word the least. Obama, of course, used it the most.

Change is such a strong word, so often found in political rhetoric, because it is infinitely malleable. What makes it so powerful...

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TOPICS: Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: agentofchange; change; thompson

1 posted on 01/06/2008 12:07:55 PM PST by mattstat
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To: mattstat

Got any spare change H! ?


2 posted on 01/06/2008 12:08:51 PM PST by Paladin2 (Huma for co-president!)
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To: mattstat

We are left with change from all the candidates....Republicans or Democrats. Spare change.


3 posted on 01/06/2008 12:10:02 PM PST by sheana
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To: mattstat

Seems to be the word of the day for the last six months. Of course there will be change. But, the coins are made of zinc now rather than silver.


4 posted on 01/06/2008 12:11:08 PM PST by RightWhale (Dean Koonz is good, but my favorite authors are Dun and Bradstreet)
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To: RightWhale

Change from capitalism to communism.


5 posted on 01/06/2008 12:16:08 PM PST by MtnClimber (http://www.fred08.com/)
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To: MtnClimber

Both are sooo nineteenth century, but useful to distract the attention of those who would otherwise be on the street and up to no good.


6 posted on 01/06/2008 12:18:53 PM PST by RightWhale (Dean Koonz is good, but my favorite authors are Dun and Bradstreet)
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To: Paladin2

“Change” = what you get back after Dems take your dollar.


7 posted on 01/06/2008 12:28:17 PM PST by DBCJR (What would you expect?)
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To: mattstat

“Change is Good” is the ideology of a cancer cell.


8 posted on 01/06/2008 1:19:35 PM PST by Jeff Chandler ("Change is Good" is the ideology of a cancer cell.)
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To: Jeff Chandler

The Hillary machine was shaken
and suffered a setback from Obama
9 posted on 01/06/2008 2:29:33 PM PST by BerryDingle (With friends like the media, who needs enemas ?)
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