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Democrats Fail FAIL
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| 03/06/2009
| Caleb Howe
Posted on 03/06/2009 4:50:21 PM PST by absentee
What's in a word?
Whether through deliberate denseness for political point-scoring, or through genuine failure of linguistic understanding, Democrats seem to be having real trouble with the word fail. But the word fail must be defended; or more particularly its usage; or more specifically its recent usage by Rush Limbaugh, which is thematically emblematic of its usance in politics et al.
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TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: barackobama; clowardpiven; democrats; epicfail; fail; lessons; rushlimbaugh; stimulusepicfail
Teaching liberals english, one word at a time. Ok, maybe more than one.
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posted on
03/06/2009 4:50:21 PM PST
by
absentee
To: absentee
The Obama porkulus plan = EPIC FAIL!!
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posted on
03/06/2009 4:51:57 PM PST
by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
(This is my tagline. There are many others like it, but this one is mine.)
To: absentee
"... I'm not indulging my admitted logolepsy here, and I don't think I'm engaging in ergoism, but being deliberately solecistic is an effrontery to discourse that must of occasion be countervailed against. In political debate, verity. Sine qua non."
We must eschew obfuscation.
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posted on
03/06/2009 4:53:47 PM PST
by
AndrewB
(FUBO)
To: absentee
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posted on
03/06/2009 4:54:42 PM PST
by
xcamel
(The urge to save humanity is always a false front for the urge to rule it. - H. L. Mencken)
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
To: absentee
Maybe they just can't read his mind...
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posted on
03/06/2009 4:57:46 PM PST
by
BigFinn
(isa 32:8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.)
To: AndrewB
One should never use a big word when a diminutive one would suffice.
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posted on
03/06/2009 4:59:22 PM PST
by
ZirconEncrustedTweezers
(This is my tagline. There are many others like it, but this one is mine.)
To: absentee
When did “fail” become a noun?
To: NoControllingLegalAuthority
When did “fail” become a noun?Way after "golf" became a verb.
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posted on
03/06/2009 5:07:38 PM PST
by
Crawdad
(If you're in a fair fight, your tactics suck.)
To: absentee
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posted on
03/06/2009 5:09:36 PM PST
by
listenhillary
(Rahm Emmanuel slip - A crisis is a terrible thing to waste.)
To: NoControllingLegalAuthority
I reckon it was approximately the same time that ‘teh awesome’ became a reasonable turn of phrase, heh.
Also the first time I posted this comment I inadvertently sent it via email. So, you know, REPLY FAIL.
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posted on
03/06/2009 5:11:21 PM PST
by
absentee
To: absentee
>Teaching liberals english, one word at a time. Ok, maybe more than one.
I have a good vocabulary, but he used words I’m not familiar with... thankfully I know how to use a dictionary.
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posted on
03/06/2009 5:31:46 PM PST
by
OneWingedShark
(Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
One should never use a big word when a diminutive one would suffice. What does diminutive mean? / ;-)
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posted on
03/06/2009 6:35:59 PM PST
by
theymakemesick
(Buraq (buh- rok) Winged creature that carried mohammed on his Night Journey from Mecca to Jerusalem)
To: absentee
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posted on
03/06/2009 6:36:09 PM PST
by
rake
("more rubble, less trouble" VD Hanson)
To: ZirconEncrustedTweezers
The big words thing is a gimmick. Did you get to the part about the dictionary? It’s supposed to be funny.
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posted on
03/06/2009 7:40:31 PM PST
by
absentee
To: absentee
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posted on
03/06/2009 9:21:19 PM PST
by
Tex Pete
(Obama for Change: from our pockets, our piggy banks, and our couch cushions!)
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