[Ads-l] I am abash=?UTF-8?Q?=C3=A8dly_?=patriotic.

[Jonathan Lighter]

I like "I am" rather than "I'm."

Shows he was being serious and careful.

JL

On Tue, Oct 16, 2018 at 6:25 AM W Brewer <brewerwa at gmail.com> wrote:

> Abashèdly, i.e. 'unabashèdly'  ("You got to AC-CENT-TCHU-ATE the positive,
> E-LIM-EYE-NATE the negative ..." ---Johnny Mercer.)
> << I am abashèdly patriotic. >> spoken by Mark Salvas, FoxNews 20181016.
> Written article:  << "I’m not ashamed of my patriotism, not one bit," said
> Salvas, a Gulf War veteran. "I fought for this country. I think I have a
> right to have a voice and be patriotic." >>
>
> http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/10/15/pennsylvania-democrat-mark-salvas-forced-resign-over-controversial-facebook-posts
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