"recrimination" = lachrymose apology?

[Alison Murie]

On Jun 25, 2009, at 11:14 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:

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> Subject:      "recrimination" = lachrymose apology?
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> CNN voiceover says, "And then came the recriminations."  We see Gov.
> Sanford
> saying sadly, "I hurt you all. I hurt my wife. I hurt my boys....All
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> say is, I apologize....I let down a lot of people. That's the bottom
> line."
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> Actual bottom line: no "recriminations."
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> JL
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Maybe the reflexive "re-" rather than the repetitive.
AM

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