Soft speaking not in the news [was: "Big Sticks in the News" [was: ] ]

[Joel S. Berson]

At 9/21/2012 12:38 PM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>That Gov. Palin!  What other American statesperson has such a way with
>words?
>
>The other day she said it's time for wimpy, spineless, Al Qaeda-coddling
>President Obama to "grow" a "big stick."
>
>http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/09/12/sarah-palin-libya-egypt_n_1876948.html

Former Governor Romney doesn't qualify either -- as indicated by
recent video excerpts, he doesn't speak softly.  (Oh -- "grow" isn't
quite "carry".)

Joel

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