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Ashleyshubby

(81 posts)
Mon Sep 3, 2012, 09:35 PM Sep 2012

NY Times' Alessandra Stanley: Ryan "finessed the facts" on factory closing

Ryan didn't lie. He "finessed the facts" according to the rookie Dowd-wannabe "journalist." Get it right guys. LOL.

Stanley: CNN took the harder course of parsing the entire issue: The correspondent Tom Foreman gave a long, industrious analysis that explained where and how Mr. Ryan finessed the facts.


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NY Times' Alessandra Stanley: Ryan "finessed the facts" on factory closing (Original Post) Ashleyshubby Sep 2012 OP
The definition of finessed riverbendviewgal Sep 2012 #1
They're so fucking clever alcibiades_mystery Sep 2012 #2

riverbendviewgal

(4,252 posts)
1. The definition of finessed
Mon Sep 3, 2012, 09:40 PM
Sep 2012

I googled and found

inessedpast participle, past tense of fi·nesse (Verb)
Verb:
Do (something) in a subtle and delicate manner.
Slyly attempt to avoid blame or censure when dealing with (a situation or action

and

fi·nesse/fiˈnes/
Noun:
Intricate and refined delicacy.
Verb:
Do (something) in a subtle and delicate manner.
Synonyms:
artifice - trick - subtlety - delicacy
 

alcibiades_mystery

(36,437 posts)
2. They're so fucking clever
Mon Sep 3, 2012, 09:44 PM
Sep 2012

These are the same writers and editors that called Al Gore an out-and-out liar over and over again. Despicable fucking turds, the lot of them.

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