Considering that McKinney promised in her concession speech that "[she] will not help the Republicans," the irony here is so thick you could chew it.
Doesn’t anybody know the correct definition of “irony” any more?
It does not mean “everything that is interesting or odd.”
Curse you, Alanis Morrisette!
Now, now. You can't criticize professional writers for their lack of ability with the English language. We must make allowances for journalists. We can't expect them to put together a proper sentence!
It does not mean ?everything that is interesting or odd.?
Curse you, Alanis Morrisette!
One comedian (I can't recall his name) assessed Morrisette's song "Ironic" this way...
Morrisette sings "It's like rain on your wedding day" and about how you wait your whole life to fly and the day you do, the plane crashes...This isn't irony...It's BAD LUCK. I think the only thing ironic is that she sings a song called Ironic and she doesn't know what irony is.
To wit:
incongruity between the actual result of a sequence of events and the normal or expected result (2) : an event or result marked by such incongruity b : incongruity between a situation developed in a drama and the accompanying words or actions that is understood by the audience but not by the characters in the play -- called also dramatic irony, tragic irony.
In cynthia's case, I posit that, it is ignorant, dramatic and tragic irony. Should Chambliss win because of it, that would be sweet irony....priceless in fact.
Grrr. Tag closed. Sorry for the mess.