Making it perfectly clear

This from the "Yes, we have no bananas" school of writing, via You know who, the journalism teacher:

Yep. Conservatives aren't winning out here.

The converse of that would be: "Nope. Liberals are winning out here."

Word for the day: Cowed

McBride on Tommy Thompson's debate quip that he wouldn't name George W. Bush ambassador to the United Nations:

Actually, at least on terrorism, Bush is exactly the kind of person we need at the UN, not someone who will be cowed under by scandal-ridden bureaucrats and European nations with vested interests that undermine our national security.

Cowed under?

We don't want a UN ambassador who would be cowed over, either.

How about just plain cowed? It requires no preposition, even in Wisconsin, land of cows.

In otherwords, deportemall

Grrrrr! First those illegal immigrants take our jobs, and now they're taking our college scholarships.

Marquette has given a scholarship to a Mexican student who is the country illegally, and has been in the US at least for middle school and high school. In other words, he came here with his family at a pretty young age.

McBride would like to deport him, but the "illegal alien lobby" won't allow that, she claims.

You have to give her credit, though. Even while frothing at the mouth, she coins a new word:

In otherwords, they want no borders.

In "otherwords," she's still careless as can be, with the facts and with the language.

UPDATE: That was no typo. She really thinks "otherwords" is a word.

Today's post, ranting about the beer tax, includes:

In otherwords, moderate, responsible drinkers would have to pay for those who abuse the product.

THE BEAT GOES ON. Continuing her crusade to rewrite the language, McBride writes:

In otherwords, it's a tax.