Slog - Comments on Linguistic Gymnastics http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/linguistic_gymnastics National Review's Corner blog has a long-winded and difficult-to-understand explanation by Peggy Noonan about what she said was "over" when her mic was live today on MSNBC. In our off-air conversation, I got on the subject of the leaders of the Republican party assuming, now, that whatever the base of the Republican party thinks is what America thinks. I made the case that this is no longer true, that party leaders seem to me stuck in the assumptions of 1988 and 1994, the assumptions that reigned when they were young and coming up. "The first lesson they learned is the... Copyright 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:14:01 -0800 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:00:38 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Greg Bull shit.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/linguistic_gymnastics#c1122116 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/linguistic_gymnastics#c1122116 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:22:38 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Petard.

Hoist.

Ain't YouTube fun! Its tubes go everywhere!

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/linguistic_gymnastics#c1122123 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/linguistic_gymnastics#c1122123 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:25:34 -0800 Comment by left coast Fuck yes, she should be ashamed for being honest. It's clearly political bullshit. I can't believe the msm falling into the smokescreen about wooing Hillary supporters. That's the magic of Karl Rove, how could anyone lose sight of the fact that picking Palin is blatant pandering to the right wing and engage in a dialogue about whether an anti-women's issues VP candidate could lure women voters from Obama? The real story is how much money McCain had dumped on him by the religious right after announding Palin as the VP candidate.

]]> left coast http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/linguistic_gymnastics#c1122128 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/linguistic_gymnastics#c1122128 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:26:58 -0800 Comment by former editor ah the joys of instant replay. Not that it makes a difference to the GOP faithful, but it's great for anyone who is wondering about about the definition of hack.

]]> former editor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/linguistic_gymnastics#c1122153 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/linguistic_gymnastics#c1122153 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:37:16 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Oh, Peggy...

It's moron in America.

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/linguistic_gymnastics#c1122195 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/linguistic_gymnastics#c1122195 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:54:41 -0800 Comment by Fnarf So, what does she claim to have meant by "cynical" and "gimmicky"?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/linguistic_gymnastics#c1122210 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/linguistic_gymnastics#c1122210 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:59:51 -0800 Comment by flamingbanjo Is it really such a big surprise that Republican insiders express nothing but contempt for their poor Evangelical base when they think nobody's listening? Somebody should stick a hidden mike in the Country Club. You'd get hours of this stuff.

]]> flamingbanjo http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/linguistic_gymnastics#c1122335 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/linguistic_gymnastics#c1122335 2008 Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:00:38 -0800