Senator Richard Burr is in trouble for using nouns that describe tangible objects and verbs that describe explicit action, and responding with rational selfish interest to a crisis.
Last week, Burr told a group gathered at the Hendersonville Chamber of Commerce a story he’s been telling for awhile about what he told his wife when the economy went south. “‘Tonight, I want you to go to the ATM machine, and I want you to draw out everything it will let you take. And I want you to go tomorrow, and I want you to go Sunday.’ . . . I was convinced on Friday night that if you put a plastic card in an ATM machine, the last thing you were going to get was cash.â€
Partisan spokesfolks, however, want to convince the media that the public demands “leadership†in the form of lies and glittering generalities, as in, “I am a family man. I care about families. We must hope as a nation. By coming together and speaking with one voice, we can work as a team and make America prosperous.â€