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realthog ([personal profile] realthog) wrote2008-10-08 06:53 pm

I'm no fan of Maureen Dowd's but . . .



. . . the concluding sentence of her NYT piece the other day about Sarah Palin's various homicidal attacks upon vocabulary, grammar and (in the larger sense) syntax deserves mention. It is a very simple observation that should be made more often:

True mavericks don’t brand themselves.

[identity profile] realthog.livejournal.com 2008-10-09 01:47 am (UTC)(link)

"I keep waiting for Palin to get a dose of unaccustomed honesty and say, "Maverick? Maverick? I can't even spell the word . . ."

[identity profile] sarcobatus.livejournal.com 2008-10-09 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
Don't hold yer breath, my friend.