I think that we should give John Podesta the benefit of the doubt, and consider him to be literate enough to include the quotes necessary to set off the phrase in the sentence.
He didn't do that, so we'll have to go with the original meaning of the sentence.
Who are we to second-guess a guy who makes a hundred bucks an hour in salary alone? :)
So, we are free, without instruction, to interpret this email in the manner of proper English. :)
@Romulus and other doubters:
freeper Paul R. wrote: Well... To someone who was at the top of his class in reading comprehension throughout high school and college:
It reads to me as if she hates everyday Americans AND so does not want to use the phrase. This also taken in context of the overall information we have, and lacking preceding messages to the contrary.
This sort of thing (run together meanings) happens often in hasty compositions.
Thanks for your analysis, Paul R.!
The Wiki leaked emails, from the beginning, were not a literary exercise.
We can see for ourselves that the style from the beginning of the releases are all written practically like sending a text.
They are mostly speaking to the choir and do so in grunts, spurts and short cuts. That is why they are hard to read with ease and comprehension.
Capitalization is often missing, and quotation marks appear virtually nowhere.
These things were fired out to the choir who needed no road map to understand the grunts, stops and starts, like talking to the family taking their menu orders for McDonalds.
” . . . we’ll have to go with the original meaning of the sentence. . .”
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You make an excellent point! And that remark about any defense of the wording by Democrats is an admission that the leak males are authentic really seals the deal.
it’s possible that I am the first person in the history of this forum to write these words:
You have changed my mind! I withdraw my argument in deference to the superiority of yours!
“I think that we should give John Podesta the benefit of the doubt, and consider him to be literate enough to include the quotes necessary to set off the phrase in the sentence. He didn’t do that...”
Where have you seen any reference that John Podesta was the author of that email?
I’ve seen copies of it posted here, and didn’t see where he was the originator. Please correct me if I’m wrong.