RE: God Help Amy Coney Barrett!
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See, I wish they'd pick a "word of the year" that wasn't already the "word of the year" during about half of the Obama years. Every day brought a new article vying for the title of "most shoehorned repetitions of this word."
"Unprecedented obstructionism..."
"Unprecedented disrespect..."
"Unprecedented diplomatic success..."
And of course not one of them was true, but that didn't matter. All that mattered was that it played well, and so the press latched onto that word with the same zeal that they latched onto the word "gravitas" during their coverage of George W. Bush's running-mate pick in 2000. I presume they'll do the same this time around, because having a 25 cent term of emphasis that they can hammer into the dirt will cover up the fact that they haven't really got a bloody thing to say...
In any case, prayers for this woman and her family, for the time of trial they are about to go through for the "crime" of having been appointed to office by a man the media doesn't like.
Yes, it is, at least for me, an interesting choice of words @patriamreminisci. While making no claims to being some expert wordsmith, I do at least make an attempt to have some idea about the rich diversity of choices we typically have communicating in English. Most of the time, we have some choices to make to "fine tune" what we may wish to communicate ...
For me, the word "unprecedented," however, is challenging in this regard. There are not a lot of good choices for alternatives. Leaving us hearing it then, over and over and over ... And up until now, 2020 has been at "another level" in terms of opportunities to "beat that drum" ...
You, I, and our countrymen are days away from "October surprise season." I can hardly wait to find out what the "progressive" Left and their allies in the press have in store for us. And what the American people, still left with some free will in deciding who will "rule over us," choose to do, in response ...
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