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Article #974Re: Should the Florida legislature appoint electors?
From: Aviator
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 07:00
Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2000 07:00
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Charles M. Kozierok <ixlu@PCGuide.com> wrote in message news:cnlU5.848$yA5.132870@news.shore.net... > In article <C9lU5.5917$IP1.240412@news1.giganews.com>, > Xiphias Gladius <ian@io.com> wrote: > } In ne.general Adam Kippes <adam.kippes@pobox.com> wrote: > } > } > Carpetbagger: > } > } > 1. a Northerner in the South after the American Civil War esp. seeking > } > PRIVATE GAIN under the reconstruction governments > } > } > 2. a nonresident who meddles in politics > } > } I'd say that Clinton falls under a third definition, whch seems to be a > } little of both: someone who changes residency in order to attempt to gain > } political power in the new area. > } > } Clinton *is* a resident. It's just that she's a resident specifically to > } meddle in politics. > > Well, I guess it depends on the dictionary. Mine has the Civil War > sense as #1, and the following as #2: "An outsider, especially a > politician, who presumptuously seeks a position or success in a new > locality". > > Seems to fit Ms Clinton to a "T". And judging by her success, she does it pretty damned well, doesn't she?? Provides something of a conundrum. If the president is still "Mr President" for life with the attendant security detail, Is Hillary now Mrs First Lady Senator Clinton?? And where the hell will the senate house her security entourage??? , > > cheers, > > -*- > Charles M. Kozierok (mailto:ixl@PCGuide.com) > Webslave, The PC Guide - <http://www.PCGuide.com> > Comprehensive PC Reference, Troubleshooting, Optimization and Buyer's Guides... >
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