It is annoying, however, that she embraces the rhetorical style technically referred to as "flibbertigibbet." She brings nonsense -- and, more important, noncommunication -- to an oratorical height we've missed ever since Teddy Kennedy went away.
"Revenue is hugely important, spending cuts are hugely important, but the way you approach spending cuts, we have to make sure that we don’t you know, cut off our nose despite our face, that we don't impede economic growth and prosperity for American families."
Well, first off, Tammy, if you're actually intending to, you know, vote for one budget choice or another, it would really help us to know which of the two choices is hugelier. If they are hugely equal, there's no point in choosing between them, is there? So you might as well go back to Madison to protest something and have a sit down strike or something, right?
Second, about our noses and faces. You will still be in the senate during my first administration and, unless you improve, be placed on the list of lawmakers who should be suspended until they have demonstrated competence in the use of idiom as it is practiced by native speakers of English.
Well, first off, Tammy, if you're actually intending to, you know, vote for one budget choice or another, it would really help us to know which of the two choices is hugelier. If they are hugely equal, there's no point in choosing between them, is there? So you might as well go back to Madison to protest something and have a sit down strike or something, right?
Second, about our noses and faces. You will still be in the senate during my first administration and, unless you improve, be placed on the list of lawmakers who should be suspended until they have demonstrated competence in the use of idiom as it is practiced by native speakers of English.
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The phrase 'you know' irritates me in much the same way fingernails on chalkboards irritate others.
I can generally tolerate one use of the phrase in a sound bite...after that, regardless of topic or speaker, I tune out.
That said, I will not cut off my nose to spite my face by ignoring the actions of the speaker.
The current occupant of the residence at 1600 Pennsylvania, Washington D.C. demonstrates that words don't matter as much as deeds.
Yeah. Sometimes i wonder about the real first priority of the collectivist slime -- disarm us or debase our language to the point where actual discussion becomes impossible.
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