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William Thomas “Dub” Duston
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A LITTLE LEARNIN’
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Re: David Smith’s letter (under “Media and Hockey Mom Square Off”)
in Reader Mail’s
Picking Up
the Pieces
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I would like to ask Mr. Smith just exactly what debate he was watching. As I listened to Joe “Gasbag” Biden repeatedly speak with forked tongue, I was amazed at the equanimity with which Mrs. Palin answered some of the most asinine questions that I have heard in a long time. As for the “memorized talking points,” most objective observers would consider these to be what we in education call “preparation.” I guess that Mr. Biden’s lame dishonesties did not have to be memorized; probably because they were so false.
I also enjoyed Mr. Smith’s “I and I alone know who won the debate. Anyone who has an opinion different from mine is wrong. Only I can evaluate answers, and I base most of my evaluation on important things such as the dropping of the ‘g’ at the end of participles and gerunds.”
p>Please Mr. Smith, the next time you decide to parse a debate, try listening (or should I say listenin’) to the content. It will do wonders for your analysis. br> — Joseph Baum br> Garrettsville, Ohio /p>
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