Rudy Giuliani forgets the old writer's adage "show, don't tell" in his McCain endorsement speech:
He's a man of honor and integrity, and you can underline both 'honor' and 'integrity.'
Can I italicize them too? Maybe put them in bold?
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January 31, 2008
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In the past, you've been very sensitive, perhaps oversensitive, to derogatory comments about Obama that could be seen as racial.
Perhaps we should apply a similarly deconstructionist analysis to Giuliani's remark. If he underlines "honesty" and "integrity" in his sentence, our attention is naturally drawn to the noun that's not underlined: man. McCain is a man. Who in the race is not a man? Hillary Clinton. So Giuliani's remark can be seen as injecting a sexist element into the general election competition between McCain and Clinton.
Posted by: Rob | January 31, 2008 at 10:22 AM
rob, that is so ridiculous it has to be sarcasm. i hope.
Posted by: clm | January 31, 2008 at 03:49 PM