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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 09:25 AM Original message |
Poll question: Just a question about word choice? |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 09:27 AM Response to Original message |
1. I chose "arrogantly" because it describes him to a T - however, |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 09:47 AM Response to Reply #1 |
13. Every public speech is a speech to the public. National leaders |
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IndyOp (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 10:31 AM Response to Reply #13 |
26. And yet Senator Lugar says he is against the Iraq War when in the UK, |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 11:21 AM Response to Reply #26 |
32. They do. And it comes home to roost. Think of Lott at a birthday party |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
2. A president who arrogates to himself power. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 09:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
3. Interesting, I'd like to know why? |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 10:15 AM Response to Reply #3 |
20. Because at the time I heard it, I knew what "arrogates to oneself" meant. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 09:30 AM Response to Original message |
4. it was a polite way of saying arrogant, IMO |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 09:35 AM Response to Reply #4 |
8. IMHO it defys the plain speech needed to deal a crushing |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 10:19 AM Response to Reply #8 |
21. you have a point... on the other hand |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 10:57 AM Response to Reply #21 |
30. Arrogate implies arrogance. So intellectually it says the same |
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DeepModem Mom (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 09:32 AM Response to Original message |
5. "Seizes" power that is not lawfully his -- like a dictator? nt |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
6. It was near enough etymologically to other words |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 09:37 AM Response to Reply #6 |
10. Why be polite? Gore accused Bush of breaking the law by abuse of power! |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 09:52 AM Response to Reply #10 |
15. Polite = good manners. Courtesy in the south is very important |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 10:04 AM Response to Reply #15 |
19. Polite in what should be a call to arms? I don't buy that. |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 10:24 AM Response to Reply #19 |
24. Courtesy is in the eye of the beholder |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 10:33 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Most of those rich southerners support the DNC and they weren't polite |
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melody (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 01:35 PM Response to Reply #27 |
35. I was just giving reasons not excuses. n/t |
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ClassWarrior (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 09:35 AM Response to Original message |
7. Paraphrasing Lakoff... |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 09:36 AM Response to Original message |
9. We have so butchered the arts of language and oration in this country.... |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 09:41 AM Response to Reply #9 |
11. How do you build a rallying cry around "arrogation?" |
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Viva_La_Revolution (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 09:58 AM Response to Reply #11 |
17. I have no idea. |
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trof (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 09:45 AM Response to Original message |
12. I had to look up "arrogate" and "abrogate". |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 09:53 AM Response to Reply #12 |
16. Almost all of us who wanted to know what it meant did too. |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 09:51 AM Response to Original message |
14. I would say "grants" |
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StatsBabe (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 10:01 AM Response to Reply #14 |
18. I would also say "grants" |
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Apollo11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 10:20 AM Response to Reply #18 |
22. Bush seizes power for himself |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 11:22 AM Response to Reply #22 |
33. I agree. |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 10:22 AM Response to Reply #14 |
23. When trying to start an impeachment is the time for a vocabulary |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 10:29 AM Response to Reply #23 |
25. Because it all hinges on the word "arrogate" |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 10:40 AM Response to Reply #25 |
28. None of what we do on DU matters, unless you see a broader |
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sandnsea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 10:55 AM Response to Reply #28 |
29. Which is why I said |
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HereSince1628 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 11:19 AM Response to Reply #29 |
31. Yes, we write. This isn't a post like many for non-present freepers |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-17-06 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
34. I was fine with the use of the word "arrogate" |
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