"stilted"

[Charles Doyle]

A syndicated "opinion" column by Michael Goodwin of the _NY Daily News_, as printed in the _Athens (GA) Banner-Herald_ this morning, contains this clause:  ". . . Bush's failed presidency has stilted all debate into a knee-jerk response." "Tilted"? "Stifled"?

(Google tells me that the actual date of the column is March 2.)

--Charlie
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