[HPFGU-OTChatter] Plain English Awards - Rumsfeld Honoured

[Kathryn Cawte]

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> Iggy here:
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> Ok... I'm terrified then.  I've never read, or heard, any commends ever
> made by Rumsfeld.  (To tell you how low my interest is in politics, I
> couldn't tell you with even 75% confidence what function he serves in
> the government.  Of course, from what little I've read, I'd say he's the
> Head of Governmental Policy Obfuscation... and that nobody else really
> knows what purpose he serves...)

K

Well I have trouble with the actual titles of US politicians (since I tend
to call them by their UK equivalents) but I think he's the Defence
Secretary - and an inability to communicate clearly is obviously one of the
most important qualifications to hold in a position like that ... actually,
do you think that's why they picked him :)

I don't know how he manages it but his other sterling quality is the ability
to completely ignore the question he was asked, say what he was intending to
say all along *and get away with it*. I don't know whether US journalists
are just politer than UK ones but I would love to see him try that with
Paxman.

K

"The Loudest Noise Comes From The Electric Minerva."

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