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Third Point and T. Boone Pickens are snapping up millions of Yahoo shares and throwing their support behind Carl Icahn's proxy fight.


by sumthin May 20, 2008 12:38 PM PDT: "so-called" Swift Boat veterans

Which definition are you using for "so-called"?

http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861709552/so-called.html; Like this Reply to this comment


by sumthin May 20, 2008 12:38 PM PDT: "so-called"

Which definition of "so-called" are you using?

1) Popularly
2) Incorrectly; Like this Reply to this comment


by hpew May 21, 2008 2:30 AM PDT: The gang was called the Swift Boat veterans for "truth."

The "so-called" should refer to "for truth," since that was the term being applied "incorrectly," and that's putting it nicely. Unfortunately for Kerry, he decided to take the high road and not to honor this kind of trash with a rebuttal. That became one of the factors that made him loose the election.

It has since become synonymous with using slime and lies to attack your opponent.; Like this Reply to this comment


by sumthin May 21, 2008 1:10 PM PDT: "It has since become synonymous with using slime and lies to attack your "

You sound like you're still stingy from kerry losing.

Move on. (pun intended); Like this Reply to this comment