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2016 Postmortem

pbmus

(12,439 posts) Tue Jan 3, 2017, 04:54 PM Jan 2017

Andy Borowitz...LOL

The House Republicans today were put in a morally inferior position to Donald Trump, which is difficult to do unless you are actually rotating on a spit in Hell.

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Andy Borowitz...LOL (Original Post) pbmus Jan 2017 OP

good find Angry Dragon Jan 2017 #1

K&R 2naSalit Jan 2017 #2

Why the passive voice, Mr Borowitz? malthaussen Jan 2017 #3

That's called snark, malt. Nitram Jan 2017 #4

Okay, but consider... malthaussen Jan 2017 #5

Angry Dragon

(36,693 posts)

1. good find

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Tue Jan 3, 2017, 04:59 PM

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2naSalit

(92,669 posts)

2. K&R

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Tue Jan 3, 2017, 05:59 PM

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malthaussen

(17,672 posts)

3. Why the passive voice, Mr Borowitz?

Reply to pbmus (Original post)

Tue Jan 3, 2017, 06:54 PM

Jan 2017

It's not like they didn't do it to themselves.

-- Mal

Nitram

(24,604 posts)

4. That's called snark, malt.

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Tue Jan 3, 2017, 07:14 PM

Jan 2017

malthaussen

(17,672 posts)

5. Okay, but consider...

Reply to Nitram (Reply #4)

Tue Jan 3, 2017, 07:19 PM

Jan 2017

... by using passive voice, he implicitly (and unintentionally) forwards the notion that Mr Trump spoke, and Congress trembled. After all, if they were put in that position, some agency put them there.

Anyway, my comment was snark, too. I love Borowitz, but cannot help finding pleasure in trolling him when possible.

-- Mal

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