semi-tough

Maybe because a Katie Couric tore her up so bad she is shudders at the thought of being asked even semi-tough questions again.

Begala calls Palin 'about half a whack job' 2009

If Obama gets testy now with the loving softballs thrown to him in press conferences, I would LOVE to see the meltdown mess he would become if he ever was challenged with a semi-tough question by the media, like Palin has been bombarded with over and over and over.

First on the Ticker: Palin will not run for re-election 2009

The worst is the irrelevant but semi-tough question, i.e. asking three white candidates (but none of the black) in the primary what they thought about the prosecution in the Jena 6 case, or, right after the demonstration in behalf of Eddie Jordan, asking the AG candidates what they thought about the D. A.'s perfomance.

Your Right Hand Thief 2007

"When the going gets tough the semi-tough change the subject."

Obama Getting Endorsement of Super-Del And Indiana Rep. Baron Hill 2009

Now I know how hard it is to do live journalism in a setting like one of the political conventions -- when I ran into Ralph Reed at a party thrown by Grover Norquist in NYC in 2004, I found myself somewhat tongue-tied and only managed a semi-tough question about his lobbying business.

Blogger + NokiaN95 + Qik = New, Critical Journalism? Or, More of the Same? Sifry, Micah L. 2008

You just need a bunch of kids to say a bunch of horrible things, and look semi-tough and mean and dangerous, and there's a good chance that you can sell 1 million records.

CNN Transcript Apr 27, 2007 2007

A bunch of loser white boys doing semi-tough guy B.

DNA Evidence Doesn’t Link Lacrosse Players To Crime 2006

She let him get away with sidestepping any semi-tough questions she asked, and she never followed up.

Think Progress » Writer of ABC’s 9/11 ‘Docudrama’ Is Avowed Conservative Activist 2006

Meantime, another semi-tough (maybe) amendment passed yesterday that would toughen scrutiny of bank interchange fees, the vig they get from retailers when you use your debit card to pay for something.

CJR 2010

Fool analyst Rex Moore thinks semiconductors are semi-tough.

The 10 Best Semiconductor Values (INTC, KLIC, LRCX, MRVL, MU, NVLS, VSEA) 2010