words of one syllable dept. revisited

[Marc Velasco]

I think that he said what he meant.

> "Sen. McCain has always pushed the status quo and I believe Gov.
> Palin will do the same."
>

Presumably, he meant 'pushed (in a direction)' rather than 'promoted (as in
drug use)'.

The status quo in politics is often more of the same; to push it (towards
something) might entail pushing against those who want to protect the status
quo and all the pocket lining that goes with it.  Perhaps.




On Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 12:24 AM, Wilson Gray <hwgray at gmail.com> wrote:

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> I think that he said what he meant. His internal politician-speak
> censor let one slip through.
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> -Wilson
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> On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu>
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> > Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), being interviewed on MS-NBC a minute ago
> > on why he's so impressed with Sarah Palin (although he's never met
> > her) and so unimpressed with Barack Obama, who he sees as a captive
> > of special interests:
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> > "Sen. McCain has always pushed the status quo and I believe Gov.
> > Palin will do the same."
> >
> > Presumably, he meant 'pushed against' rather than 'promoted'.
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> > LH
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