milquetoast

• “Real quick, Wolf, you know, some social conservatives are not happy about John McCain's statement on the California gay marriage ruling, because in essence, it came out as just kind of what they call a milquetoast (ph), some sort of just generic statement rather than really taking the issue as one about judges and one about marriage and taking control and being more forceful in that area.”

  CNN Transcript May 27, 2008

• “If McGavick can't even get me excited about him being Senator, he is toast. toast as in "milquetoast".”

  Sound Politics: Senate Race Needs One More Ingredient

• “Reaganaut gives us a good perspective into the right wing mythology (FDR was a conservative, Charles Lindburgh was a liberal, Bush is not a limp wristed milquetoast from the East with a fake drawl, supporting our troops means getting them killed, anyone who disagrees hates America, etc).”

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• “This kind of milquetoast ambivalence that we're seeing on display about what exactly it is that NASA is going to be doing in their human spaceflight efforts is why I don't ever bother going to the NASA 'big program' presentations at space conferences.”

  A Shift in Policy? Moon Base Axed? - NASA Watch

• “The word "milquetoast" comes from a comic character.”

  Comic Book Legends Revealed History | Comics Should Be Good! @ Comic Book Resources

• “The handsome actor has often been stranded in bland roles, from Lauren Ambrose's buttoned-down lover on Six Feet Under to Rebecca Hall's cuckolded fiancé in Vicky Cristina Barcelona and Amy Adams' milquetoast husband in Julie & Julia.”

  Cheers & Jeers: Damages — A Fine (Chris) Messina

• “The final problem to be solved, for example, was the mid-length, milquetoast 18th hole.”

  The Wall Street Journal: A High-Pressure Debut for N.J. Course

• “You want milquetoast religion, go over to the Methodist church—it's about time for coffee hour.”

  Fictionaut: Banging My Head Against the Garage Door of Religion

• “I'm almost an Arnold Stang milquetoast kinda guy ... really!”

  The Huffington Post: Binky Philips: I Get Bounced From the Buzzcocks

• “Mr. Timberlake's role as a milquetoast was particularly strained.”

  The Huffington Post: John Farr: Is Today's Film Comedy in the Toilet?

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