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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>1. How amazing that you should have such a blinding
insight concerning this post and yet were completely oblivious for the run of
'Pulling a Palin' and "Sonia v. Sarah, GOP is doomed."</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>2. As to your silly assertion concerning
experience, <FONT face=Arial size=2>Governor Palin had far more executive
experience at the time of the election then BHO did. Along with that she also
had experience as a small business person, something the golden one has yet to
know and almost certainly never will.</FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>3. <FONT face=Arial size=2>Please point out where I
might have said anything about Ms. Palin being a serious future contender for
the position of POTUS? </FONT></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>4. What post is it that you imagine that it was
that I criticized? If you are referring to Ms. Mix's post of 03 July, I pointed
out that here was no evidence for the assertion that she made and requested a
cite. No criticism and, from my perspective, nothing to apologize for. Not every
error calls for sack cloth and ashes. This said, Ms. Mix did show uncommon
class. Kudos to her.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>g</DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=philosopher.joe@gmail.com href="mailto:philosopher.joe@gmail.com">Joe
Campbell</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=jampot@roadrunner.com
href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com">g. crabtree</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A title=kjajmix1@msn.com
href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com">keely emerinemix</A> ; <A
title=vision2020@moscow.com href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Friday, July 17, 2009 6:59 AM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Vision2020] 30 ways to a
most powerful constabulary</DIV>
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<DIV>Is Palin running for anything at the moment? Is she running against
Sotomayor? I'm not really sure why we're comparing them.</DIV>
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<DIV>For the record, the reason I didn't vote for her had to do with her lack
of experience not her misuse of language. But it's pretty much a done deal
since she can't even stand the heat of being Governor of Alaska, so she is not
a serious candidate for President of the US. But keep thinking she is!</DIV>
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<DIV>By the way, what conclusion should we draw from this little exercise? Are
malapropisms relevant or not? I think not which means this post of yours is
just as bad as the one you criticized (which by the way was followed by a
retraction AND an apology). On the other hand, if this kind of crap is
relevant, then you have no complaint.<BR><BR>Sent from my iPhone</DIV>
<DIV><BR>On Jul 17, 2009, at 6:06 AM, "g. crabtree" <<A
href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com">jampot@roadrunner.com</A>>
wrote:<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>For those on the list who found
Governor Palin to be a less than stellar intellect because of a totally
unsubstantiated assertion that she once confused succeed with secede, and
that wise latina Sonia Sotomeyor the paragon of the well educated
women...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>From the Weekly Standard, 20 July
edition:</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2></FONT> </DIV>
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<H3 class=TWSblog-entry-header>If Sarah Palin Had Said It . . .
(Update)</H3>
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<P>Ed Whelan <A
href="http://bench.nationalreview.com/post/?q=N2JiMWI3NDJlMDEwZTA0NDI1M2NmYmQxN2NhMmVlMjI="
target=_blank><FONT color=#566ba0>writes</FONT></A>: </P>
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<P>Judge Sotomayor says “eminent” when she means “imminent,” “providence”
instead of “province,” “story of knowledge” instead of “store of
knowledge,” and so on. Does the fact that she is a Latina immunize her
from attention to that sort of (admittedly not uncommon)
foible?</P></BLOCKQUOTE>
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<P>To answer Whelan's question: These malapropisms would only be noteworthy
and revealing if they were spoken by a certain country bumpkin Republican
governor of Alaska. When a wise Latina accidentally <A
href="http://www.weeklystandard.com/weblogs/TWSFP/2009/05/audio_of_sotomayor_at_ricci_he.asp"
target=_blank><FONT color=#566ba0>says</FONT></A> "vagrancies of ... the
moment" instead of "vagaries of ... the moment" during the oral argument of
the <EM>Ricci</EM> case, we're supposedi to ignore the slip-up, as the
<EM>Wall Street Journal</EM> did, but <A
href="http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2009/05/29/sotomayor-tape-reveals-views-on-ricci-v-destefano-discrimination-case/"
target=_blank><FONT color=#566ba0>make sure to inform readers</FONT></A>
that they should be impressed by the fact that "The Catholic-school-educated
judge clearly knew the Latin plural of 'forum.'"</P>
<P>But enough about her errors of diction. I wouldn't want to get <A
href="http://www.tnr.com/politics/story.html?id=45d56e6f-f497-4b19-9c63-04e10199a085"
target=_blank><FONT color=#566ba0>Sotomayor's reputation</FONT></A> for
writing pieces "that didn't distinguish between substantive and trivial
points, with petty editing suggestions--fixing typos and the like--rather
than focusing on the core analytical issues."</P>
<P><STRONG>Update</STRONG>: <A
href="http://hotair.com/archives/2009/07/15/good-news-sotomayor-confuses-eminent-with-imminent-twice/"
target=_blank><FONT color=#566ba0>Allahpundit has the video</FONT></A> and a
choice Sotomayor quote: "each time I see a split infinitive, an inconsistent
tense structure or the unnecessary use of the passive voice, I
blister."</P></DIV>
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