Not much here, folks. Just a quick peek into the oh-so-French essence of the donk's doomed candidate.
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char·la·tan Pronunciation Key (shärl-tn)
n.
A person who makes elaborate, fraudulent, and often voluble claims to skill or knowledge; a quack or fraud.
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[French, from Italian ciarlatano, probably alteration (influenced by ciarlare, to prattle), of cerretano inhabitant of Cerreto a city of Italy once famous for its quacks.]
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charla·tanic (-tnk) or charla·tani·cal adj.
charla·tan·ism or charla·tan·ry n.
charlatan\Char"la*tan\, n. [F. charlatan, fr. It. ciarlatano, fr. ciarlare to chartter, prate; of imitative origin; cf. It. zirlare to whistle like a thrush.] One who prates much in his own favor, and makes unwarrantable pretensions; a quack; an impostor; an empiric; a mountebank.
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Given today's "Bring It On!" outburst by that vertical pervaricating pile of steaming feces, I'm only to happy to oblige.
The above definitions fit Kerry better than his two-thousand dollar bespoke suits.
Except that I won't play into J. effing Kerry's wish for we conservatives to join him in arguing about his service in Viet Nam. (did you know he was in Viet Nam? wow!)
First, other blogs out there are doing a superlative job in documenting the lies and exaggerations of his Viet Nam record. Perhaps none better than Captain's Quarters, which you would be wise to add to your daily reads.
Second, in the long run, I think that the aim of our rhetorical rifles should be aimed for a center-hold on the body of his record in the post Viet Nam era.
The feckless fakirs in the liberal media are already spinning the Swift Boat issues into a "I said / He said" quarrel, at best. Regardless of the depth and accuracy of documented instances of J. effing Kerry's brownwater lies and exaggerations, the alphabet and dead-tree media is hell-bent on securing an electoral victory for their annointed billionaire giggolo.
And so, they're focused on discrediting the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth. But what they simply cannot repudiate is J. effing Kerry's legislative record, the Congressional Record and the collected archives of film and documents of his speeches and other public statements.
And believe me, it's a far more damning record than the worst of all of his Swift Boat Heroics Fairy Tales, combined.
That post Viet Nam record is more than enough to sink that traitorous liar's battleship.
I say Damn the Torpedos, Full Speed Ahead!
Time to sink the Charlatan.
I have heard it said that;
"the French fight with their feet (run)
and fuck with their face (suck)
That somehow fits.
Posted by: Marcus | August 20, 2004 at 08:05 PM