Words have power. No. Words ARE power. As writers, and as bloggers, we know that to be true. Our style may be informal, we may dash off a blog now and then, but even in the most random of blog entries (perhaps especially in our most random of blog entries), we choose our words with care. Because words have meaning. Denotative and connotative. Literal and symbolic.
And if we know that to be true, surely, our politicians and political speech writers, our media spokesmen and their staff, o...
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