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Elex 發表於 2004-8-13 20:43 | 只看該作者 回帖獎勵 |倒序瀏覽 |閱讀模式
According to Newsweek (August 16, 2004 issue), Mr. George W. Bush said at the signing of the $417 billion defense-spending bill:

"Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our peole, and neither do we."
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jcais 發表於 2004-8-14 00:02 | 只看該作者
he meant "we never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our peole".
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休閑娛樂 發表於 2004-8-14 10:06 | 只看該作者
But Mr Bush's idiosyncrasies are not necessarily an electoral burden. Some believe his folksy delivery and verbal solecisms play well with ordinary Americans wary of slick rhetoric and gilded vocabulary.
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 樓主| Elex 發表於 2004-8-14 12:39 | 只看該作者

Today's New York Times

I think the NY Times columnist Paul Krugman puts it best: Bush's political imperative is "to provide pseudopopulist cover for his highly elitist policies".
His tax cuts, for example, heavily favored the rich over the poor, and favored investment returns over earned salaries.
If some poor Americans want to vote for him because he "never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our peole" (see above quote), well, it's THEIR funeral.
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Adelyn 發表於 2004-8-24 07:09 | 只看該作者

If he were not G.W. Bush...

"They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our peole and neither do we [to harm theirs]."

Here, "we" is opposed to "they" and "theirs" opposed to "our country and our people". I would think of it just as an incomplete sentence (and nothing special) if he were not G.W. Bush
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