Sophie Pollitt-Cohen writes:
Teddy Roosevelt stated the problem well when he said, “A typical vice of American politics is the avoidance of saying anything real on real issues.” Obama got in trouble for saying that the Cambridge Police acted “stupidly” when they arrested Henry Louis Gates, Jr. You know what’s stupid? People thinking that Obama was wrong for using the word stupid. I’m just happy to finally have a president who knows when to use an adverb. In days of yore, politicians ripped each other apart leaving a path of verbal destruction as far as the monocled eye could see, and people didn’t care. (However, TR also said “Every immigrant who comes here should be required within five years to learn English or leave the country.” So maybe sometimes it’s actually better not to say exactly what you think, especially if your opinions are stupid.)
sans everything 