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It was the failure of the media to kiss McCain's ass enough (isn't there enough media lipstick there already?), faiure to provide enough media exposure to McCain and timerity to actually say something critical of McCain that forced him to go negative.

David Brooks: Media Forced McCain To Run A Negative Campaign 2009

But many local people in both Salford and Trafford and my guess - though Dr G has said otherwise in a BBC Radio 5 interview yesterday - Beverley Hughes MP joined Hazel Blears in having the timerity to sincerely support a different proposal than Dr Greatorex's.

Archive 2007-01-07 2007

Ramsey is a guy who gets down in the trenches defending the maligned Saddam —- and ***NEWSFLASH*** has the timerity to continue wearing the same crappy looking corduroy jacket with faux suede arm patches.

Think Progress » VIDEO: Rumsfeld Compares Iraq War Critics To Hitler Appeasers 2006

But of course the same arrogance of power that gives us security theater at airports (and unleasehed an army of unionized petty tyrants on anybody with the timerity to believe that they had constitutional rights when traveling around their own country) led them to feel they could do what they wanted.

Harry's Place 2009

I worked on the staff of then majority leader Mike Mansfield in the 60’s-70′0s and can’t imagine a senator with such a criminal background even having the timerity to seek re-election but in fact resigning in shame and dissappearing from the political scene.

Think Progress » Bush Officials May Have Covered Up Rice-Tenet Meeting From 9/11 Commission 2006

It was remarkd the Picture was too lind. this I confess I was concious of my self and think with You that it is the natural result of two great presition in the out line, which in my next Picture I will indeavour to avoid, and perhaps should not have fallen into it in that, had I not felt two great timerity at presenting a Picture to the inspection of the first artists in the World, and where it was to come into compe - tition with such masterly performancess as generally appear in that Collection.

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