Another early QOTY? "recalibrate the compass of conservatism"

Joel S. Berson Berson at ATT.NET
Fri Jan 25 00:33:55 UTC 2013


At 1/24/2013 02:29 PM, Dan Goncharoff wrote:
>OTOH, I find it vastly superior to the Romney Campaign's Etch-a-Sketch
>imagery.

For message or for catchiness?
Joel


>DanG
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>On Thu, Jan 24, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Joel S. Berson <Berson at att.net> wrote:
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> > CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) ­ Louisiana Gov. Bobby
> > Jindal is calling on the Republican Party to,
> > quote, "recalibrate the compass of conservatism."
> >
> > The Republican governor will deliver the keynote
> > address at the Republican National Committee's
> > winter meeting Thursday night in Charlotte, N.C.
> >
> > In speech excerpts released earlier in the day,
> > Jindal says the GOP doesn't need to change its
> > principles, but, in his words, "might need to
> > change just about everything else we do."
> >
> > [Yahoo News.]
> >
> > Somehow the alliteration doesn't work for me.
> >
> > Joel
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