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To: Iwo Jima
Main Entry: po·lem·ic
Pronunciation: p&-'le-mik
Function: noun
Etymology: French polémique, from Middle French, from polemique controversial, from Greek polemikos warlike, hostile, from polemos war; perhaps akin to Greek pelemizein to shake, Old English ealfelo baleful
Date: 1638
1 a : an aggressive attack on or refutation of the opinions or principles of another b : the art or practice of disputation or controversy -- usually used in plural but sing. or plural in constr.
2 : an aggressive controversialist : DISPUTANT
- po·lem·i·cist /-'le-m&-sist/ noun

Isn't it odd that that is the way that Klayman AND FJIC use the same term, only Klayman is talking about people who he ADMITS criticize him for his press releases:

Klayman acknowledges, however, an effort to tone down his act, though not the volume of lawsuits, responding to supporters who have suggested that his press releases are too polemical.

I like this quote, too:

Despite his relentless pursuit of Clinton, Klayman, who draws a $250,000 annual salary from Judicial Watch, insists he doesn't hate the former president, whom he has seen face to face only once, at a formal dinner. "He was part of my generation. Even though we're ideologically different, I wanted him to succeed," Klayman said.

Klayman's opinion began to change, he said, when Clinton, in his first term, formed a legal defense fund and accepted contributions.

"You can't panhandle for money from the American people," said Klayman, a registered Republican who voted for Democrat Jimmy Carter in the wake of Watergate. The fund, he said, "opened a Pandora's box of people trying to influence them."

504 posted on 05/08/2002 7:11:08 PM PDT by Howlin
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To: Howlin
Can you please post links for those quotes?
505 posted on 05/08/2002 7:17:23 PM PDT by FreedominJesusChrist
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