re: #357 Backwoods_Sleuth

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The author of that piece is a budding Charles Pierce.

Say what you will about Megyn Kelly, … she can genuinely surprise her guests with questions that cause them to blather incoherently, and she’s more than happy to stand silently by as they struggle to unburden themselves of the weight of their own palaver.

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Case in point, on “The Kelly File” last night she spoke to GOP co-front-runner Dr. Ben Carson about U.S. District Judge David Bunning’s decision to catch-and-release Rowan County Clerk Kim Davis.

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Carson paused, adopted a look that his handlers have no doubt told him communicates “thoughtfulness,” then proceeded to ramble around the question. “But, but,” this is a very basic right.” (As any English professor, including this former one, will tell you, using “this” without a clear referent is a clear indication that you’re speaking before you know exactly what your subject is — literally.)

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“This is a, a Judeo-Christian nation, in the sense that a lot of our values are based on a Judeo-Christian faith.” Having aired that tautology, he resorted to arguing that “there are a substantial number of people who support traditional marriage, and I’m one of them.”