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OP I remember listening to Bob Novak on the now defunct CNN Crossfire show. He used the word "canard" quite a few times, and he used it with such vehemence, it was almost comical. I found this quote on the Web. He was talking about his involvement in the Valarie Plame matter. http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlDC/te...issed_40185.asp
MR. HUNT: You also said this wasn't a concerted campaign and yet they did talk to, besides you, a number of other media outlets about Valerie Plame - the White House.
MR. NOVAK: I don't know how many they really did talk to. There was a lot of stories out that they fed this story to six people and they finally came to me, which was really a canard. I know that nobody ever sought me out and said, gee, we've have got a hell of a story of Valerie Plame. This came out in the course with my source, who later, through a third party, said it was inadvertently that he brought her name up. And then the other people that I checked out with, Karl Rove and the then-CIA-spokesman, Bill Harlow, I made the phone calls to.
Welcome rs09. As you present your post as a Re:, I suppose you may have meant to post it in the already present canard thread:
canard
Never mind, if someone will have a comment on this one it'll come. It's funny that such an all French word seems to take such a go. Can't see 'canard ' without thinking 'canaille'.
canaille
OP Oh, thanks for the tip. And thanks for a new vocabulary word!Originally Posted By: BranSheaWelcome rs09. As you present your post as a Re:, I suppose you may have meant to post it in the already present canard thread:
canard
Never mind, if someone will have a comment on this one it'll come. It's funny that such an all French word seems to take such a go. Can't see 'canard ' without thinking 'canaille'.
canaille
Originally Posted By: BranSheaWelcome rs09. As you present your post as a Re:, I suppose you may have meant to post it in the already present canard thread:
canard
Never mind, if someone will have a comment on this one it'll come. It's funny that such an all French word seems to take such a go. Can't see 'canard ' without thinking 'canaille'.
canaille
Always on the ball, Bran.
Yes thank you for the new word.
----please, draw me a sheep----
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