bloviation

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That's a disguised double insult: it reminds the discerning ear of Clinton's characteristic bloviation, and then of his political failings (when you see Clinton, you're reminded why the Democrats need Obama).

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  • This just in: Side effects of prolonged exposure to health-care reform rhetoric may include electile dysfunction, esophageal bloviation and Irritable Pundit Syndrome —  Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • They are too completely permeated with too many non-sequiturs, too much empty bloviation, too many entirely unsupported claims, too much utter incoherence, and too much glaring ignorance.
  • Most important, at a time when Fox, MSNBC and CNN routinely mix news and entertainment, larding their 24-hour schedules with bloviation fests and marathon coverage of sexual predators and dead celebrities, it's been "The Daily Show" that has tenaciously tracked big, —  MRC Latest Headlines
  • It has become especially difficult in a media culture that increasingly rewards assertive bloviation. —  U.S. News
  • That's a disguised double insult: it reminds the discerning ear of Clinton's characteristic bloviation, and then of his political failings (when you see Clinton, you're reminded why the Democrats need Obama). —  Claremont.org
 

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