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VP Debate Breakdown Oh 8

It’s time to straight talk.  Can I call you Joe? I know the “political analysts”, pundits, and media elite have already broken down the VP debate for you.  They did it the night after.  I know there was a McBama (it’s kind of like TomKat or Brangelina) debate last night that is fresh on your minds, [...]

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Oh It’s Coming…

VP Debate Breakdown Oh Eight

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Last night I watched the Republican National Convention coverage on PBS.  Now let me stop there and make this reminder:  I am not a Republican and, with any luck, I never will be.  However, I am terribly interested (albeit less interested than two weeks ago) in politics in America and was compelled to watch.  Honestly, [...]

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Conventional Wisdom

Last night I watched the Democratic National Convention coverage on PBS.  Now let me stop there and make this statement:  I am not a Democrat and, with any luck, I never will be.  However, I am terribly interested in politics in America and was compelled to watch.  Honestly, what better example of the current political [...]

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“I know he was speaking English, but it might as well have been Greek to me.”
“I knew all the words he was using, but I never heard them used like that.  It was like a different language.”
Recently, I’ve heard statements very similar to these by several different people talking about several different events. Language is [...]

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