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Rincewind

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30. Translation:

Reply to kpete (Original post)

Sun Jan 29, 2012, 01:09 AM

Jan 2012

Pay attention to me. Look at ME!!!! LOOK AT ME!!!!!! Buy my book! Give me money. LOOK AT ME!!!! I'm relevant. I'M AN IMPORTANT PERSON!!!! MY OPINION MATTERS!!!! People want to know what I think! Look at me, I'm smart. I use big words.

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Help me translate Palin's angry-muffin verbiage [View all] kpete Jan 2012 OP

Hey! I owe everything to attack muffin verbiage! blogslut Jan 2012 #1

. applegrove Jan 2012 #11

No shit. Jackpine Radical Jan 2012 #22

oh who cares JanMichael Jan 2012 #2

If you didn't kick this thread maybe it'd die. /nt Saving Hawaii Jan 2012 #40

I wish she would articulate it. nobodyspecial Jan 2012 #3

If "angry attack muffin" is her own invention, I'll give her credit for a worthy petronius Jan 2012 #4

nope. i think peggy noonan called newt the "angry little attack muffin", which dionysus Jan 2012 #14

Oy. Jackpine Radical Jan 2012 #5

Quite the graphic, thanks! customerserviceguy Jan 2012 #18

Thanks for clearing that up. I thought it was me. nt nanabugg Jan 2012 #32

Well, who can argue with that? IDemo Jan 2012 #6

Hahaha!!! Hahahaha!!! Major Hogwash Jan 2012 #33

I'll try. pamela Jan 2012 #7

Beware the attack muffin Tom Ripley Jan 2012 #8

Maybe Elaine can explain it BumRushDaShow Jan 2012 #9

Cancel my subscription. n/t dimbear Jan 2012 #10

Maybe its related to rubber biscuits BootinUp Jan 2012 #12

Articulate? That word.... I don't think it means what she thinks it means. TalkingDog Jan 2012 #13

This looney woman knows just enough "big" words to be dangerous. DCBob Jan 2012 #15

OK, I'll be the first to come out and say out loud what everyone is thinking..... raging_moderate Jan 2012 #16

How so, K-Pete? Old and In the Way Jan 2012 #17

Here's where she went wrong Canuckistanian Jan 2012 #19

It is just a word salad "stream of thought" from Palin Botany Jan 2012 #20

It's like a "Dog whistle" code ThoughtCriminal Jan 2012 #21

My translation: frogmarch Jan 2012 #23

No, no, Sarah..you 'ascribe' something to a person. You 'subscribe' to a newspaper... Princess Turandot Jan 2012 #24

I think she used it correctly. emilyg Jan 2012 #29

She refudiates dictionaries! tanyev Jan 2012 #41

"...it is hypocritical of the media to subscribe to one candidate and not another,..." unkachuck Jan 2012 #25

I don't think articulate pscot Jan 2012 #26

There she goes again, channeling "Slip" Mahoney Brother Buzz Jan 2012 #27

Does the Media also includ Fox News? demosincebirth Jan 2012 #28

Translation: Rincewind Jan 2012 #30

DUzy! =D Amonester Jan 2012 #36

Oh wow, she's refudiating the liberal media again! Major Hogwash Jan 2012 #31

The original Peggy Noonan 'angry little attack muffin' column: pinboy3niner Jan 2012 #34

Ceasar, vinagrette or Thousand Island Demonaut Jan 2012 #35

It is not nice to attack Newt's muffins. appleannie1 Jan 2012 #37

I've seen an angry attack muffin in action. Rex Jan 2012 #38

Angry Attack Muffin Man and Shit-Laden Anal Lube Boy Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #39

" I think I forgot to fill my subscription". glinda Jan 2012 #42