purpose of WOTY contests

[Brenda Lester]

What is the difference between truthiness and spin?



RonButters at AOL.COM wrote:
  In a message dated 9/1/06 2:28:24 PM, laurence.horn at YALE.EDU writes:


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> Perhaps we could say the election is solemn, but far from serious...
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This smacks of truthiness to me.

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