What’s Missing from this Sentence in AP article on Sarah Palin?
More biased coverage from the AP:
Palin resigned as Alaska governor on July 26 with nearly 18 months left in her term. She cited not only the numerous ethics complaints that had been filed against her also her wish not to be a lame duck after the first-term governor decided not to seek re-election next year.
I’m sure astute GayPatriot readers can tell us what “reporter” Mark Thiessen left out from the second sentence in the paragraph quoted above.
FROM THE COMMENTS: Eartha nailed it with two words, “All dismissed.” You’d think that would be a tiny bit relevant if you’re going to mention “numerous ethics complaints” filed against the subject of your article, that the reporter would note that they had all been dismissed.
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Phony? Wasteful? Ridiculous?
Comment by jana — August 7, 2009 @ 8:50 pm - August 7, 2009
Incoherent communicator? Opportunist? Unqualified? Wardrobe to rival Imelda Marcos and paid for from public funds too?
Comment by Countervail — August 7, 2009 @ 9:57 pm - August 7, 2009
Incoherent communicator? Opportunist? Unqualified? Wardrobe to rival Imelda Marcos and paid for from public funds too?
Oh. Were we talking about Chumpy Obamalini?
Comment by ThatGayConservative — August 7, 2009 @ 10:52 pm - August 7, 2009
Countervail, the article’s about Sarah Palin, not Barack Obama w/o a teleprompter.
Yeah, the writer forgot “All dismissed” from the ethics description.
Comment by The_Livewire — August 7, 2009 @ 10:52 pm - August 7, 2009
Don’t forget the Trig Palin birthers who claim he is an incest baby.
Comment by Shaun — August 7, 2009 @ 10:59 pm - August 7, 2009
All Dismissed
Comment by Eartha — August 8, 2009 @ 1:20 am - August 8, 2009
Yes, there is an obvious problem with the use of “lame duck”. It is supposed to refer to the period between an election and a swearing in, in which an incumbent who will not be serving that next term is still in office, but with the public mandate already passed to someone else.
Sarah would not have been a lame duck until after the next election. So it is a phony rationale for quitting. Or at least a wrong use of terminology.
Comment by Tano — August 8, 2009 @ 2:02 am - August 8, 2009
Has anyone else been enjoying the sweet, sweet schadenfreude of watching nutjob anti-Palin blogger Jessie Griffin get smacked upside the head by Karma?
Comment by V the K — August 8, 2009 @ 8:11 am - August 8, 2009
#7 – So did you employ that same rhetoric when both Hillary Rodham Clinton and Barack Hussein Obama did the same thing in 2008?
Checkmate.
Regards,
Peter H.
Comment by Peter Hughes — August 8, 2009 @ 1:17 pm - August 8, 2009
So it is a phony rationale for quitting. Or at least a wrong use of terminology.
That’s ONE of the definitions, and probably the original, yes. However, it can be applied to an official in their final term. Like when the liberals used it in reference to Bush the last two years or so.
But I’m guessing you knew that but wanted to show your ass anyway.
Comment by ThatGayConservative — August 9, 2009 @ 6:02 am - August 9, 2009
V, I’m behind on the Jessie Griffin thing – could you post a link or two?
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — August 9, 2009 @ 10:14 am - August 9, 2009
Never mind, got it:
http://rsmccain.blogspot.com/2009/08/gryphen-files-timeline-of-investigation.html
Comment by ILoveCapitalism — August 9, 2009 @ 10:35 am - August 9, 2009