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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsProfiles in "courage": "I'll just say this, which is, it's not the language I would have used." -
Should Romney get a Nobel Peace Prize, or what?
http://articles.businessinsider.com/2012-03-02/politics/31115905_1_rick-santorum-mitt-romney-rush-limbaugh
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Profiles in "courage": "I'll just say this, which is, it's not the language I would have used." - (Original Post)
Faryn Balyncd
Mar 2012
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Well this could be fun. Why don't we try and figure out the words that he would have used.
grantcart
Mar 2012
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grantcart
(53,061 posts)1. Well this could be fun. Why don't we try and figure out the words that he would have used.
I'll start.
"That woman is a hussy".
Siwsan
(26,269 posts)2. I vote for trollop
Or he could go biblical with Jezebel.
SDjack
(1,448 posts)3. Maybe this:
"Rush was spot on, my friend."
Sparkly
(24,149 posts)4. The lady in question requests compensation for her favors.
This would certainly cause some dismay to dear Mater and Pater, n'est-ce pas?
aint_no_life_nowhere
(21,925 posts)5. He would have used far worse language
That's a perfectly valid interpretation of what he said, given the fact he didn't condemn Rush's words in the least.
subterranean
(3,427 posts)6. So he agrees with the sentiment.
He just would have worded it differently. That's how I interpret it.
hayrow1
(198 posts)7. Can he sink any lower? Is wrong to despise something as pathetic as Willard Mitt Romney?
MichiganVote
(21,086 posts)8. Hmm..what exactly DOES the Ken doll call a viper Barbie?