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Mitt Romney, Throwback
Townhall, by Paul Greenberg
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Posted By:Judy W., 11/1/2012 7:25:46 AM
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| The policies Mitt Romney advocates might be quite new after four years of this administration, but his language is a golden oldie. By now, the retro phrases that punctuate his vocabulary have acquired a name of their own: Mittisms. Michael Barbaro and Ashley Parker, a couple of New York Times reporters, compiled an impressive list of them in a news story that ran in our paper the other Sunday. To run through them is to take a trip into the past: When he fell in love with his wife, Mitt Romney wasn't just in love, he was "smitten."
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Comments:
Another thing to like about Mitt Romney, and the author thinks so too.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
Elvira, 11/1/2012 7:55:15 AM (No. 8978886)
On this discussion of vocabulary I have but one word to say... AMEN!!!
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Me?Opinionated?Nah!, 11/1/2012 7:58:38 AM (No. 8978893)
On 10/21/12, in response to “Gosh, Who Talks Like That Now? Romney Does,” my posted reply was:
“I’m guessing Michael Barbaro and Ashley Parker, two names new to me, who allegedly wrote this “article” for the New York Times inasmuch as their names appear under its headline, must be in some sort of junior high school work experience program for freshmen. It’s the only thing that explains how this “article” must have come to be. Sad to say, I read every word of it. Come high school, perhaps they’ll discover what loose-leaf binders are. They’ve been all the rage since Thomas Edison, on his lunch break one day, invented the three-hole punch.
In a nutshell, Mitt Romney speaks as a mature, well-educated adult.
By comparison, it’s my observation that Joe Just-An-Obama-Heartbeat-Away Biden speaks like a giggling, garbage-mouthed ruffian prone to out-gaffing everyone within earshot and eyesight; probably even unable to distinguish between an F-Bomb and an H-Bomb.
Finally, in the interest of “Journalism,” the NYT going the way of Newsweek cannot come to pass a moment too soon.”
I meant what I said then and I still do now.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Mass Minority, 11/1/2012 8:02:53 AM (No. 8978901)
The eloquence of language is one of the more tragic losses of our obscenity rattled age. I love to watch clips of the british parliment just to hear english spoken as it really should be.
In particularly heated debate true orators can completely emasculate, fillet and pack for cold storage an opponent all the while smiling and feigning cool indifference.
All in a tone and manner that would be welcome on Sesame Street. It is an art I only wish I was capable of.
Sadly for us a witty retort today consists of two words describing an act poets used to find beutiful. We are not better off for it.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
earlybird, 11/1/2012 8:08:32 AM (No. 8978909)
Civility. He is educated. He is a gentleman. His language is American and it is not dated.
Profanity displays a weak vocabulary, an arid, underdeveloped mind.
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
abstain, 11/1/2012 8:23:08 AM (No. 8978955)
Profanity is non-descriptive. Replacing it takes thought.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Malia2012, 11/1/2012 8:36:50 AM (No. 8978993)
What #4 said. After the cool-hip-obama, and the damage he has done to this Country with his "cult" behavior, personally I cannot wait for a "throwback" if that's what the pathetic "msm" wants to call Mitt Romney! WE will call him a Great President!!
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Donna M, 11/1/2012 8:40:49 AM (No. 8979008)
Funny, I understand Mitt perfectly, and really like the way he speaks.
BTW, you will find that most historical reenactors also adopt the mannerisms and language of their chosen period. When I am at an event (I present living history for WWII Army Air Forces, Army Medical Corps women)it is such a relief to be able to converse in 1) complete sentences, 2) "$10 words" and 2)really colorful slang such as 'G-2' for information, 'fifth column', 'eight ball', 'java' and 'triple-A'--and people knowing exactly what you mean. Of course WWII pioneered profane slang such as FUBAR....
Gosh!
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
grayjay, 11/1/2012 9:08:37 AM (No. 8979078)
Such a nice change from Obama's "stuff", "folks", etc.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
mickturn, 11/1/2012 9:20:52 AM (No. 8979114)
Well it sure beats the Obieisms that show total arrogance and a lack of respect for anything.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
TulsaTowner, 11/1/2012 9:45:11 AM (No. 8979170)
I can't help but think of Obama's use of adolescent hand gestures and his general body language. I just can't stand to watch the guy!
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
M Stuart, 11/1/2012 11:43:15 AM (No. 8979654)
I will be glad to hear more refined language. 0bama's coarse colloquialism is out of place so much of the time. He doesn't know when to dress up and when to be casual, and the same goes for his language.
He calls us "folks" and turns around and calls enemies "folks" as well. It's like a dog licking your face right after he's licked his rear.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Lucky4, 11/1/2012 12:41:20 PM (No. 8979859)
It would be wonderful to have a President who is not crude, vulgar and swears in public.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Paleoconserv43, 11/1/2012 6:52:23 PM (No. 8980737)
I lost alot of respect for GW Bush and Palin when I found out about their use of profanity. And they both claim to be born-again Christians.
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Let’s face it. The Great Gatsby never has been—and probably won’t ever be—successfully turned into a great motion picture. Many have tried (four flop movies, not to mention various small-screen attempts, including a truncated but memorable Playhouse 90 with Robert Ryan and Jeanne Crain in the golden days when TV still knew what quality programming was). Robert Redford was a perfect Gatsby in the pretty but boring 1974 version by Jack Clayton, but the movie was dead on arrival. The best I’ve seen is still Elliott Nugent’s black-and-white 1949 version, with Alan Ladd at the top of his form
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Sen. Dianne Feinstein says the talking points used on the Sunday news shows following the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya, were wrong, adding that the administration should have been quicker in calling it a terrorist act. “I think the talking points were wrong,” the California Democrat who chairs the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Sunday on NBC´s “Meet the Press.” “I think the talking points should not be written by the intelligence community.” “Unfortunately," she added, "the word extremist was used which isn’t not as crystal clear as terrorist.”
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