FSogol
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Tue Aug-10-10 09:23 AM
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If a local Senator campaign reimburses me for gas used while placing campaign signs, would I lose my amateur status?
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wyldwolf
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Tue Aug-10-10 09:28 AM
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1. To quote "professional left(ist)" Michael Moore... |
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Edited on Tue Aug-10-10 09:30 AM by wyldwolf
... just to show the term is not unique to Robert Gibbs:
"It’s very hard for someone on the professional left to put anything ahead of the politics, and that’s why they lose out."
Professional:
–adjective 1. following an occupation as a means of livelihood or for gain.
Certainly anyone who considers themselves an activist does for gain.
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burnsei sensei
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Tue Aug-10-10 10:06 AM
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2. I am pleased to be called a member of the |
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professional left. It means that the gain I seek is not for myself, but for everyone. Gibbs is no professional. He is a simple operative, a cog in a Third Way machine.
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