Is the "C" Word the Worst of all Bad Words?

[Coito ergo sum]

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/ ... hairs.html

CNN's John King: "Before we go to break, I want to make a quick point. We were having a discussion about the Chicago mayoral race. My friend Andy Shaw used the term 'in the crosshairs' in talking about the candidates. We're trying, we're trying to get away from that language. Andy is a good friend, he's covered politics for a long time, but we're trying to get away from that kind of language."

[charlou]

Is it not possible for politicians to stick to discussing important stuff ... like policies?

[mistermack]

I think you should ask cunt.

[Feck]

Yes according to many Merkins the worst word in the whole lexicon is 'Care' Medics don't provide Care it's an industry with sales, profits and dividends there should be no care in it !

[maiforpeace]

Is it not possible for politicians to stick to discussing important stuff ... like policies?

On CNN? Funny, that starts with a C too.

[Berthold]

Is this because of the assosiation with shooting (though, after all, one "shoots" with a camera, too), or is "crosshairs" an acronym for something else?

(sorry, I'm a dumb forriner )

[Xamonas Chegwé]

Chromatography?

[Coito ergo sum]

Yes according to many Merkins the worst word in the whole lexicon is 'Care' Medics don't provide Care it's an industry with sales, profits and dividends there should be no care in it !

[Coito ergo sum]

CNN is removing all crosshairs from their camera lenses due to the Tucson incident.

[sandinista]

Yes according to many Merkins the worst word in the whole lexicon is 'Care' Medics don't provide Care it's an industry with sales, profits and dividends there should be no care in it !

[Coito ergo sum]

A look at transcripts of CNN programs in the month leading up to the shootings shows that the network was filled with references to "crosshairs" -- and once even used the term to suggest the targeting of Palin herself. Some examples:

"Palin's moose-hunting episode on her reality show enraged People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, and now, she's square in the crosshairs of big time Hollywood producer, Aaron Sorkin," reported A.J. Hammer of CNN's Headline News on December 8.

"Companies like MasterCard are in the crosshairs for cutting ties with WikiLeaks," said CNN Kiran Chetry in a December 9 report.

"Thousands of people living in areas that are in the crosshairs have been told to evacuate," Chetry said in a December 21 report on flooding in California.

"He's in their crosshairs," said a guest in a December 21 CNN discussion of suspects in a missing-person case.

"This will be the first time your food will be actually in the crosshairs of the FDA," business reporter Christine Romans said on December 22.

"The U.S. commander in the East has Haqqani in his crosshairs," CNN's Barbara Starr reported on December 28, referring to an Afghan warlord.

"We know that health care reform is in the crosshairs again," CNN's Joe Johns reported on January 3.

Seven uses of "crosshairs" in just the month before the Tucson attacks, and just one of them referring to an actual wartime situation.

Read more at the Washington Examiner: http://washingtonexaminer.com/blogs/bel ... z1BWQHeTiu


It just gets better and better....

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