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Matt Romney, Throwback

annplato Wrote: Nov 01, 2012 11:04 AM
Perhaps many don't realize that the language we use affects our everyday behavior. If one chooses their words carefully their life actions become carefully chosen. Romney with his vocabulary will bring back civility in our nation, not just talk about it as Obama does.
chris463 Wrote: Nov 02, 2012 11:26 PM
Mitt's going to get tough with Russia and Matt's over there wheeling and dealing. The Romney's vocabulary is one word $.

The policies Mitt Romney advocates might be quite new after four years of this administration, but his language is a golden oldie. By now, the retro phrases that punctuate his vocabulary have acquired a name of their own: Mittisms.

Michael Barbaro and Ashley Parker, a couple of New York Times reporters, compiled an impressive list of them in a news story that ran in our paper the other Sunday. To run through them is to take a trip into the past:

When he fell in love with his wife, Mitt Romney wasn't just in love, he was "smitten."...

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