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Wed 6 Feb, 2008 10:42 am
McCain. He uses the term like tenagers use "like." A habit.
I respect McCain, but his views are not my views.
Perhaps having spend 6 1/2 years with avowed enemies, "My friends" is a logical verbal tic?
Interesting, Noddy. That and maybe being in politics for so long he has developed a sing-songy way of addressing friends and foe. I also think his age, generation, has something to do with it.
I find it excessive, then again, he leans toward excessive, over-the-top presentations.
His mother is sharp and lucid-- 96 I believe, and out on the campaign trail.
All-in-all, despite his valor during Vietnam, he's too pro-war, Hawkish.
As I said, I wouldn't vote for him--but I'd invite him to dinner.
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I hadn't thought of it that way-- I thought she meant serving some meatloaf and maybe some green beans with those onions on top, polite conversation all the way around, top the evening of with a little lemon meringue pie and he's out the door.
But now that you've mentioned it, she may have been thinking about opening the door in a cellophane dress.
Cellophane? Never.
Fig leaves are more in keeping with my philosophy and a cotton caftan trumps fig leaves.
I like his saying, "My friend." He is from Arizona, and with its Mexican-American community, it might just be an Anglicization of, "Mi amigo"?
I think this is a picky point, since there are regional sayings that most people don't question. For example, in the Southwest, I thought, Howdie is quite acceptable to replace, Hello.
"Like" for our one vote, we want everything out of a candidate?
Foofie wrote:I like his saying, "My friend." He is from Arizona, and with its Mexican-American community, it might just be an Anglicization of, "Mi amigo"?
I think this is a picky point, since there are regional sayings that most people don't question. For example, in the Southwest, I thought, Howdie is quite acceptable to replace, Hello.
"Like" for our one vote, we want everything out of a candidate?
I'm not objecting to his use of the the expression "my friends." I am objecting to his overuse of the expression.
Gala wrote:Foofie wrote:I like his saying, "My friend." He is from Arizona, and with its Mexican-American community, it might just be an Anglicization of, "Mi amigo"?
I think this is a picky point, since there are regional sayings that most people don't question. For example, in the Southwest, I thought, Howdie is quite acceptable to replace, Hello.
"Like" for our one vote, we want everything out of a candidate?
I'm not objecting to his use of the the expression "my friends." I am objecting to his overuse of the expression.
I'm glad we're using your non-subjective criteria as to what is "overuse."
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