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Tuesday, August 19, 2008

vocabulary

You can tell a lot about words by their context. Having heard the word "nuanced" a lot in the last 72 hours to describe a political interview, I now have a new understanding of the word. It must be that "nuanced" is synonymous with timid or spineless at best, clueless or not possessing enough leadership ability to make a decision at mid-range, or just flat out lying at worst. Why can't the media spin machine and liberal spokespeople just call it for what it actually is? It's not "nuanced", it's shockingly revealing, and I hope all of us think deeply about the "nuances" of electing a "nuanced" individual to high office.