September 18, 2011

SandBox Comments: Aspen Daily News "On the cruciform of ad-lib and ideology"

Long live the King.

Wonderful piece from Dave Danforth, the usual suspect.  Up on The Aspen Daily News.

"Ad-lib” is defined in the Merriam-Webster dictionary as “to improvise, especially lines or a speech.”

It is done all the time. But when a U.S. president does it, an ad-lib can start a word fight, particularly when ideology gets involved.

A lot of ink and hot air was spilled over a gaffe..."

(Dave Danforth)


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"Truth goes through three stages. First it is ridiculed. Then violently opposed. Finally, it is accepted as self-evident."

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