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By: “Wee Weed Up,” Take 2 « Campaign Outsider

“Wee Weed Up,” Take 2 « Campaign Outsider — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 07:26:01 +0000

[...] | Tags: bed-wetting, Robert Gibbs, Wee Weed Up | An update on Campaign Outsider’s earlier post about the rumpus over Pres. Obama’s “wee weed up” criticism of D.C. in August [...]

By: Steve Stein

Steve Stein — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:56:34 +0000

True. I’m sure Fox will be all “he said ‘weed’ huh huh huh huh”.

By: jcarroll7

jcarroll7 — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 17:18:10 +0000

You’re right, Steve, but what Obama doesn’t seem to grasp is the politics of vocabulary – if he had said “all testosteroned up,” we wouldn’t be having this conversation.

By: sheldon toplitt

sheldon toplitt — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 13:25:03 +0000

Fox and talk radio will glom onto “we weed up”, the maintstream media will cover Fox and talk radio doing so, the blogosphere will chime in (“It’s a Kenyan term that means euthanize the elderly”)and Jon Stewart will lament the media frenzy that ensued. Such is what passes for political insight and discourse on the issues of the day. Health care reform, Tom Ridge’s confession about playing with colors for political reasons, mounting casualties in Afghanistan and Iraq–too “heavy” for summer.

By: Steve Stein

Steve Stein — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 11:52:01 +0000

Aw, c’mon John – it just sounds like self-censorship to me, like I (and parents everywhere) used to do when my kids were young. You know what he wanted to say, and it was too Cheney-esque to pass muster.

Oh and kudos on the “gunsel”! (I just wanted to do that before Pierce did, though he would no doubt come up with a more eloquent congratulatory phrase.)