[Ads-l] Biden on "Fresh Air"

Jonathan Lighter wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM
Fri Jun 16 01:10:45 UTC 2017


> Are you saying words don't matter?

"All that matters is what I'm feeling right now!" - Tom Servo, Mystery
Science Theater 3000.  (From memory.)

JL

On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 8:45 PM, Peter Reitan <pjreitan at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Funny, coming from a serial plagiarizer, word bungler and foot-in-mouther
> (or is that how he learned it?).
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> He's right, of course, but overly simplistic.  Tone, mood, style and
> context also matter (don't they?).
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> He said in reference to Trump's tweeting:
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> "Words matter".
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> I agree!
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> Regards,
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> David
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