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Word For The Day, Wednesday, March 19, 2014-- jawboning

Posted on 03/19/2014 4:46:08 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree

Word For The Day, Wednesday, March 19, 2014-- jawboning

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In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".

jawboning [jaw-bohn-ing]

hear it pronounced

n : the use of public appeals and other forms of spoken persuasion (as by a president) to influence the actions of others.

Origin: 1480–90; jaw + bone

Related forms

jaw•bone, jaw•boned verb

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To: xsmommy

True, proven in 2008, 2012, and in your governor’s race.


21 posted on 03/19/2014 6:03:27 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: secret garden

I will even give them 2008, because the white guilt was overwhelming— they NEEDED to elect a black pres. But by 2012, no. There was no excuse for that. And yes, Terry McAuliffe, carpetbagger, had no business being elected governor.


22 posted on 03/19/2014 6:07:48 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

I don’t understand the white guilt thing at all, unless it is liberal guilt for making things WORSE with the great society propaganda and programs.


23 posted on 03/19/2014 6:11:30 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: SoothingDave; TruthShallSetYouFree; xsmommy; tioga

Assboning is about all Obama’s tame and propagandist ABCNNBCBS media is doing nowdays.

Then again, that’s also all that Obama wants them to do between now and “his” election in November.


24 posted on 03/19/2014 6:18:23 AM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: secret garden

As someone whose forebears were all in eastern europe during the period of slavery, i feel no white guilt whatsoever. in fact i only feel guilt for things that I DO, not what anyone else does, be they in my family or not.


25 posted on 03/19/2014 6:28:05 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: Teacher317

I agree that voter fraud is a huge problem. And states keep passing voter i.d. laws which are quickly challenged by Eric Holder’s “just-us” department. The fantasy that voter i.d. laws are somehow racist has become an on-the-ground reality.

It is interesting (to me) to recall how this fantasy was created. There was an analysis of who actually had a state-sanctioned i.d. which could be used at the polls. I don’t recall the numbers exactly, but, for the sake of discussion, something like 99% of whites had such identification, while the number for blacks was 98%. That is, statistically, not much of a differential. But, by flipping to the negative, they were able to say that 1% of whites didn’t have an i.d., but TWICE AS MANY blacks had that problem.

Pretty clever. Of course, states offered to make every effort to see that anyone who needed an identification card could get one at little or no cost, but that didn’t satisfy the fraudsters.

We need to keep the House, win the Senate and the White House. Then, we can get realistic legislation passed that will put a dent into voter fraud.


26 posted on 03/19/2014 6:30:01 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (lib-pocrisy: requiring photo ID at a march protesting photo IDs for voters.)
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree
The community organizer has white guilt jawboning down pat....but are the Russians impressed? LMAO

...I will take the former KGB officer in that face off.

27 posted on 03/19/2014 6:30:14 AM PDT by tioga
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To: xsmommy

I needed to hear those words this morning....I am only responsible for what I do, not my family. Sounds good.


28 posted on 03/19/2014 6:31:52 AM PDT by tioga
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To: tioga

A++
Compared to Obama’s foreign policy—Syria, Benghazi, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran, and now Ukraine, Obamacare seems like a huge success.


29 posted on 03/19/2014 6:33:53 AM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (lib-pocrisy: requiring photo ID at a march protesting photo IDs for voters.)
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To: xsmommy

Pain free this morning? How much housework can I get done? I am about to find out. LOL


30 posted on 03/19/2014 6:39:05 AM PDT by tioga
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To: tioga

You can come to my house and do some if you still need to find out more.


31 posted on 03/19/2014 6:47:27 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: tioga

hope you get lots done, and pain free!


32 posted on 03/19/2014 6:49:12 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: tioga

i am frank to say that i do not enjoy housework/cleaning. i will have to do some on Friday bc i am having my st james mom friends over for coffee to celebrate one of their birthdays, after AM Mass on Sat.


33 posted on 03/19/2014 6:51:18 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy
Things that may you go hmmm.
34 posted on 03/19/2014 7:18:34 AM PDT by secret garden (Why procrastinate when you can perendinate?)
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To: secret garden

this administration is 100% political.


35 posted on 03/19/2014 7:40:35 AM PDT by xsmommy
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To: xsmommy

EXACTLY what I was going to type! That guy has a male body, not a woosy metro male body!


36 posted on 03/19/2014 8:06:00 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: xsmommy
White guilt isn't due to actual slavery, but due to their own feelings of superiority. Those who have white guilt feel minorities are inferior and need the white man's help to succeed. They feel minorities can't raise their own children, do well enough in school, or even feed their own children correctly so they need the help of big Daddy government.

We don't feel white guilt because we don't view minorities as lesser humans incapable of making their own decisions, using their own inner strenght to get an education, jobs, homes, and make their own decisions about their lives and families.

37 posted on 03/19/2014 8:12:47 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: tioga

Wow, that is ballsy!


38 posted on 03/19/2014 8:13:25 AM PDT by WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
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To: WhyisaTexasgirlinPA
Those who have white guilt feel minorities are inferior and need the white man's help to succeed. They feel minorities can't raise their own children, do well enough in school, or even feed their own children correctly so they need the help of big Daddy government.

Another word for this would be "colonization." You can't trust a population to run their own affairs so you have to do it for them.

39 posted on 03/19/2014 8:16:16 AM PDT by SoothingDave
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To: TruthShallSetYouFree

In this jawboning exchange with the former Tonight Show host,
Obama was at a clear disadvantage right from the start...

40 posted on 03/19/2014 8:17:49 AM PDT by mikrofon (Mr. Glass-jaw vs. Leno)
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