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Simple Definition of pussyfoot [....] Pussyfoot Palin endorses Donald Trump for president, declares an end to pussyfooting

Pussyfoot Palin's endorsement makes an old political insult spike Pussyfoot spiked the morning of January 20th, following Sarah Palin’s use of the word the prior evening in her endorsement of Donald Trump for president. Palin made a speech at Iowa State University and, in giving praise to the candidate uttered the phrase “No more pussyfooting around!” Her choice of words, while more colloquial in tone than is typically encountered in classic rhetoric, were well suited to pussyfoot’s linguistic history, as the term began its life as a political term. “No more pussyfooting around!” —Palin, endorsing Donald Trump for President The...

Gordon Brown has banned ministers from using the word “Muslim” in ­connection with the ­terrorism crisis. The Prime Minister has also instructed his team – including new Home Secretary Jacqui Smith – that the phrase “war on ­terror” is to be dropped. The shake-up is part of a fresh attempt to improve community relations and avoid offending Muslims, adopting a more “consensual” tone than existed under Tony Blair. However, the change provoked claims last night that ministers are indulging in yet more political correctness. The sudden shift in tone emerged in comments by Mr Brown and Ms Smith in the...

"I believe I can fight a more effective, more thoughtful, more strategic, more proactive, more sensitive war on terror that reaches out to other nations and brings them to our side and lives up to American values in history." (Sen. John Kerry, Remarks At The UNITY 2004 Conference, Washington, D.C., 8/5/04)LEARN MORE ABOUT KERRY/EDWARDS' SHIFTING POSITIONS AT WWW.KERRYONIRAQ.COM