Patching Things Up

Oh tank you tank you for such fulsome ambiguity! Delicious.
Main Entry:
ful?some
Etymology:
Middle English fulsom copious, cloying, from full + -som -some
Date: 13th century
1 a: characterized by abundance : copious b: generous in amount c: being full and well developed
2: aesthetically, morally, or generally offensive 3: exceeding the bounds of good taste : overdone 4: excessively complimentary or flattering : effusive
usage The senses shown above are the chief living senses of fulsome. Sense 2, which was a generalized term of disparagement in the late 17th century, is the least common of these. Fulsome became a point of dispute when sense 1, thought to be obsolete in the 19th century, began to be revived in the 20th. The dispute was exacerbated by the fact that the large dictionaries of the first half of the century missed the beginnings of the revival. Sense 1 has not only been revived but has spread in its application and continues to do so. The chief danger for the user of fulsome is ambiguity. Unless the context is made very clear, the reader or hearer cannot be sure whether such an expression as "fulsome praise" is meant in sense 1b or in sense 4.

She's been called worse, so I'm sure HRC would be cool. Diehard PUMAs on the otherhand....

Power belongs outside the administration, doing what she does so well, raising the profile of her big issues and agitating for government action.

She should be kept as far away from actual policy making positions as possible.

I couldn't help but think what a difference two letters could make:
''made a gesture to bury the hatchet'' within Clinton! Totally changes the meaning.

That said, I think they are both big enough people to get beyond it -in fact that should be a job requirement. In politics, as well as in war and diplomacy, yesterday's enemy is today's ally -and vice versa. This is just plain good practice for the more serious game they are about to enter into.

And in news of other losing battles: I wish people would look up the usage notes on "fulsome."

Oh tank you tank you for such fulsome ambiguity! Delicious.
Main Entry:
ful•some
Etymology:
Middle English fulsom copious, cloying, from full + -som -some
Date: 13th century
1 a: characterized by abundance : copious b: generous in amount c: being full and well developed
2: aesthetically, morally, or generally offensive 3: exceeding the bounds of good taste : overdone 4: excessively complimentary or flattering : effusive
usage The senses shown above are the chief living senses of fulsome. Sense 2, which was a generalized term of disparagement in the late 17th century, is the least common of these. Fulsome became a point of dispute when sense 1, thought to be obsolete in the 19th century, began to be revived in the 20th. The dispute was exacerbated by the fact that the large dictionaries of the first half of the century missed the beginnings of the revival. Sense 1 has not only been revived but has spread in its application and continues to do so. The chief danger for the user of fulsome is ambiguity. Unless the context is made very clear, the reader or hearer cannot be sure whether such an expression as "fulsome praise" is meant in sense 1b or in sense 4.

Powers is incredibly overrated.
30 months as a freelancer, HLS and Pulitzer does not make one a foreign policy guru.

Powers isn't going to WCI and I doubt she is a good fit for any position she would actually accept. She will have to be satisfied with being listed as one of the most influential people of this century rather than actually influencing policy.

"Powers is incredibly overrated."

She writes a book arguing for more humanitarian interventions, like what shoulda happened in Rwanda. Then neo-cons/liberal hawks sing her praises for advancing their agenda of liberating Muslims and Arabs from, well, who cares. Just bomb them, and faster please.

Why should I believe any of the previous posters' claims that Samantha Power is overrated...

...when they can't even get her name right?!