Jan
13
“I have seen the footage, and I find the behavior depicted in it utterly deplorable….I condemn it in the strongest possible terms.” -Leon Panetta Dear orators, pundits, speechwriters, and politicians- The phrase “in the strongest possible terms” is a characterization of rhetoric, not rhetoric itself. If you want to condemn stuff in the strongest possible terms, then you should actually think up some terms, and we the public will decide how strong they were. Thank you.
