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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: ReardenSteel on February 26, 2008, 11:06:52 PM
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She put an "earworm" in my head! :o
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x4791065
Lone_Star_Dem (1000+ posts) Tue Feb-26-08 11:32 PM
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Reject vs. Denounce
Advertisements [?]I'm not exactly understanding how reject is being portrayed as harsher than denounce.
To my understanding to denounce is harsher than to reject.
To Reject:
1. To refuse to accept, submit to, believe, or make use of.
2. To refuse to consider or grant; deny.
3. To refuse to recognize or give affection to (a person).
4. To discard as defective or useless; throw away. See Synonyms at refuse
To Denounce:
1. To condemn openly as being evil or reprehensible. See Synonyms at criticize.
2. To accuse formally.
3. To give formal announcement of the ending of (a treaty).
I don't get what exactly the big deal was in the first place and why are some acting as if denounce is still not as good as reject?
izzybeans (1000+ posts) Tue Feb-26-08 11:47 PM
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24. Don't think of an elephant
Now remember Obama did not reject the endorsement.
get it.
It's an earworm for the voting both aimed at the automatons who don't pay attention.
:rotf:
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she had a chance to score points in that exchange when she first started; I thought she was going to go after his imprecision in speech* when dealing with topics of any volatility at all. but she couldn't bring it home.
and then he dusted her. she came off as shrill and lint-picking.
*which is supposed to be a clinton trademark, by the way.
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Thoughtful points from Paul at Powerline.
http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives2/2008/02/019893.php
Obama did struggle, however, with "the Jewish question." He failed to explain his allegiance to a pastor who has honored Louis Farrakhan. Indeed, Clinton had to goad him into a fairly half-hearted rejection of "Minister Farrakhan's" support. Obama's initial position was much weaker; he said that if someone thinks he's a good guy, that's okay with him. [Note: I'll get the exact quotation up when I see a transcript]
Obama was also less than fully convincing in his show of support for Israel. He spoke of a special relationship but, perhaps more revealingly, described Israel as one of our most important allies in the Middle East. I wish someone had asked him which allies in that region he thinks are comparably important.
I have to admit, I left with the impression that Obama won that fight but I may be wrong. Maybe I've been blogging to long and just gave BO the "hit points" on HC thus, letting Obama off the hook.
Or maybe I just liked seeing Hill get Clintooned.
With Obama here is just no there, there.