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Parsing Mike Huckabee

Behold the strategically deployed adverb in Mike Huckabee's soundbite on Sarah Palin:

“I think that she’s not anywhere near the person that sometimes she’s been portrayed to be –- as completely lacking of any intellectual capacity.”

Nor is Mike Huckabee completely lacking of any ethics.

Posted by Max Brantley on November 25, 2009 08:39 AM | Permalink

Comments

It's true...she's not a TOTAL dumb-ass. See recent book deal.

Posted by: hugh mann | November 25, 2009 08:48 AM

Man that is a high percentage of vague wiggle words and phrases.

Not anywhere near
sometimes
been portayed to be
completely
any

Any of those included in a sentance make it harder to nail down than jello.

Posted by: Citizen1 | November 25, 2009 08:57 AM

Noticed this in that article: "Huckabee largely pulled it off, though the soundbite came across as an obvious hedge. "

I wonder about their strategic use of the word "largely?"

Posted by: Perplexed | November 25, 2009 09:18 AM

This is like asking heart attack to comment on cancer.

Posted by: Deathbyinches | November 25, 2009 10:28 AM

>>Obama's bow to the emperor of Japan.

I can't get over it. Sorry pals but this is just irksome to me. Is this NOT the main stay of American political commentary, how a POTUS greets another head of State. I mean, don't we learn about this in school from the fifth grade on up.

Shit, how shallow can their well be.

Posted by: eLwood | November 25, 2009 01:15 PM

Clever/crafty opportunist comments on another clever/crafty opportunist with less limelight time.
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Posted by: dottholliday | November 25, 2009 03:44 PM

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