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Politico: deniably declaring DOOM for Democrats in state legislatures. »
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«Politico: deniably declaring DOOM for Democrats in state legislatures.
Yes, because ‘Pot-growing, Anti-Bush Troofer [AND REGISTERED DEMOCRAT]‘ = Right-winger. | RedState 2010
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Politico: deniably declaring DOOM for Democrats in state legislatures.
Politico: deniably declaring DOOM for Democrats in state legislatures. | RedState 2010
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Politico: deniably declaring DOOM for Democrats in state legislatures.
Politico: deniably declaring DOOM for Democrats in state legislatures. | RedState 2010
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Rove's strategies always centered on digging into the unconscious fears that may or may not exist around a candidate, and then finding subtle ways to keep the discussion about those fears while remaining deniably safe (ie, John McCain's black baby).
Hillary Concedes She "Misspoke" On Bosnia Sniper Episode 2009
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Wes and I drove up to PUC – but, aware of the YECiness of Adventists, we went in as armed to the teeth as academics can be, with huge powerpoint files solely devoted to putting evidence for the age of the earth and common ancestry as bluntly and non-deniably as possible.
Seventh-Day Adventists split over evolution? - The Panda's Thumb 2009
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The formulation "Being/Getting -Fill In The Blank- is not a qualification for the presidency." is meant as a weasley sort of insult, in which one belittles something in the candidate's past, but deniably so, and implies a connection never made by the candidate at all, so it is also dishonest.
Barack Obama "is supposed to be the tonic for the culture wars of the 60s." Ann Althouse 2008
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DUNCAN HUNTER (R-CA), HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN: Unless you really build a border, you always leave plausible deniably for the other guys, for the people on the south side of the border including elements of the Mexican military that assist the drug trade to come across and claim that they simply made a mistake.
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Note also the wonderful passive construction & #8212 Plame's CIA identity "was leaked" (by no one in particular), and the deniably but unmistakably racist crack about a "D.C. jury."
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When some yuppie cracker wants something to be ignored they bring up something else … plausibly, perhaps, and most likely deniably.
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