CSPAN Washington This Week February 5, 2012
leaders express ideas? we had two votes for "mendacity." dishonesty plays a key role, what about morals? the other vote -- america has a great tradition of assuming to be more than they are." i do think newt gingrich's 1 great contribution to the language of this year is his reference to "pious baloney." anybody want to comment on either mendacity or metaphor? >> metaph and myth seemed to be -- seem to me to be almost the same. but language, it is no use ranting on about the deterioration of language. i tried in my last book. i made a stupid futile stand against the use of the word "...
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