tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post4463614724922350554..comments2023-10-16T07:13:12.123-05:00Comments on A plain blog about politics: Reports of an Imminent Pick May Be ExaggeratedJonathan Bernsteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-40460906768592742772012-07-22T12:34:35.662-05:002012-07-22T12:34:35.662-05:00You've forgotten all about Gary Condit?You've forgotten all about Gary Condit?Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-3159349810607287582012-07-22T12:33:03.950-05:002012-07-22T12:33:03.950-05:00(Late getting to this)
In principle, I agree. OTO...(Late getting to this)<br /><br />In principle, I agree. OTOH...I'm sure that if I follow a link to a blog that I don't know and it's full of typos, I'm going to be more skeptical of it than otherwise, all else equal. And if I think I am, then others, who disagree about spelling, are presumably even more likely to have that reaction. Given all that, I'm going to try to avoid typos and misspellings here. Which is a pain, since it doesn't come naturally to me at all.<br /><br />If you're still reading, Jeff -- what would you say about grammar? Same as spelling?Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-29583112693013873332012-07-20T15:29:55.574-05:002012-07-20T15:29:55.574-05:00Well from spelling problems it's one short ste...Well from spelling problems it's one short step to mis-reading.<br /><br />I read Condi! as Condit. And the only Condit that came to mind is an MMA fighter.Ron Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14332650867258934223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-53371097413919490982012-07-18T22:22:58.692-05:002012-07-18T22:22:58.692-05:00Very nice but couldn't you have worked in the ...Very nice but couldn't you have worked in the New York Post of "Its Gephardt" fame?Xenocrypthttp://xenocrypt.dailykos.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-7245920773756434252012-07-18T15:39:00.588-05:002012-07-18T15:39:00.588-05:00Agreed -- It's a low risk kind of pandering on...Agreed -- It's a low risk kind of pandering on Romney's part.Couveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00926561539205771774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-61817014232354295022012-07-18T13:28:19.358-05:002012-07-18T13:28:19.358-05:00Brilliant!Brilliant!Yaramah Zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11545126290793710143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-22243545478233210102012-07-18T13:18:46.658-05:002012-07-18T13:18:46.658-05:00oh jeez. you are CORRECT sir!
http://livewire.tal...oh jeez. you are CORRECT sir!<br /><br />http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/ann-romney-vp-announcement-coming-soon<br /><br />Ann Romney told Good Morning America in an interview set to air Thursday that the campaign will announce Mitt Romney’s running mate “soon.”<br /><br />This after this morning's NYDN item that said:<br /><br />"sources close to the Romney campaign tell the New York Daily News the working plan "has been to announce the pick after the Olympic Games, which begin next week and conclude Aug. 12 -- two weeks before the Republican convention in Tampa." <br /><br />which is... not soon, given that it would have to be at least 25 days from now.andrew longnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-60212247031015021542012-07-18T11:56:54.317-05:002012-07-18T11:56:54.317-05:00FWIW, spelling is overrated. Shakespeare, Jefferso...FWIW, spelling is overrated. Shakespeare, Jefferson and other outstanding writers didn't bother with regularized spelling, which is a modern, classist, fussbudget invention whose main function seems to be to make writing harder and thereby undermine kids' interest in learning it. (See, don't get me started.....)Jeffnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-23245432255245332382012-07-18T11:29:29.612-05:002012-07-18T11:29:29.612-05:00I wish I could spell.
I'll fix, I guess.I wish I could spell.<br /><br />I'll fix, I guess.Jonathan Bernsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15931039630306253241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-81758624557649269702012-07-18T11:28:10.961-05:002012-07-18T11:28:10.961-05:00he said what I was going to say.
also, too: dual....he said what I was going to say.<br /><br />also, too: dual.<br /><br />otherwise: priceless.andrew longnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-37767217753160519362012-07-18T11:16:28.388-05:002012-07-18T11:16:28.388-05:00Ha. As if the media would ignore a major candidat...Ha. As if the media would ignore a major candidate's announcement just because that major candidate has repeatedly tried to distract them with head fakes.<br /><br />The political media <i>lives</i> for distractions.<br /><br />Hell, they'd probably be <i>disappointed</i> if Romney actually announced his pick - after all, then they wouldn't have any Veepstakes rumors to "report" on.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15913245096162048743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6926413038778731189.post-73113897840401403712012-07-18T11:13:45.909-05:002012-07-18T11:13:45.909-05:00I don't mean to be a wiseass, and I wouldn'...I don't mean to be a wiseass, and I wouldn't point this out just to pedantically correct a typo. But "immanent" is a religious term that means something like "invisible, yet manifested everywhere." Which is precisely the VP choice that the post describes! So, congratulations on a brilliant pun, whether intended or not. :-)Jeffnoreply@blogger.com