An observation: The McCain campaign continues to label Sarah "You Betcha" Palin as a political barracuda. Sen. McCain repeated the metaphor in a speech today when he declared, in reference to Palin's debate performance: "Viva la barracuda!"
Yet, I wonder whether the campaign has bothered to look up "barracuda" in the dictionary? It yields interesting results (from merriam-webster.com):
1: any of a genus (Sphyraena of the family Sphyraenidae) of elongate predaceous often large bony fishes of warm seas that includes food and sport fishes as well as some forms frequently causing ciguatera poisoning
2: one that uses aggressive, selfish, and sometimes unethical methods to obtain a goal especially in business
I don't get it. Are they saying she's a fucking fish, or are they saying she's aggressive, selfish and unethical?
2 comments:
I'd say the latter. Why blame the poor fish.
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