Media's word of the week...
vet/vetted/vetting: to subject (a person or animal) to a physical examination or checkup; to subject to expert appraisal or correction
With regard to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, this word has been pulled from relative obscurity by the liberal media looking to attack the VP hopeful and, in doing so, have overworked every derivative of "vet" imaginable. I think NPR's even "invetting", pardon the pun, new forms of the word. Today, during lunch, I heard, "McCain's vetters weren't thorough enough, so [we're] re-vetting Palin's background."
Apparently, if your party does the research itself, it can be referred to as in-vetting. However, if you're too busy to vet the candidate yourself, you can employ someone to do it for you, called out-vetting. If the candidate's info is transmitted electronically, it's an e-vet. If the info is hand delivered via vehicle, it's a cor-vet.
It's become humorous to me to hear how many reporters have repeatedly said something very close to "Gov. Palin's 17 year old daughter's pregnancy isn't an issue. It's a private family matter. But, if Gov. Palin had supported school sex-education, there is discussion whether her daughter might've avoided becoming pregnant."
Really? If it's not an issue, why have I heard "The Today Show", NPR, CNN, "MSDNC", repeat it over and over? I agree, it's not an issue...it sounds like an agenda to me. Rather than support her for what she stands for, the media seems to be vetting Palin's 17 year old as much as they are the Governor herself. And every other parent in America has a firm grip on their 17 year old, right? It's enough to make me regurgi-vet.
PS- My McCain/Palin stickers are in the mail.
With regard to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, this word has been pulled from relative obscurity by the liberal media looking to attack the VP hopeful and, in doing so, have overworked every derivative of "vet" imaginable. I think NPR's even "invetting", pardon the pun, new forms of the word. Today, during lunch, I heard, "McCain's vetters weren't thorough enough, so [we're] re-vetting Palin's background."
Apparently, if your party does the research itself, it can be referred to as in-vetting. However, if you're too busy to vet the candidate yourself, you can employ someone to do it for you, called out-vetting. If the candidate's info is transmitted electronically, it's an e-vet. If the info is hand delivered via vehicle, it's a cor-vet.
It's become humorous to me to hear how many reporters have repeatedly said something very close to "Gov. Palin's 17 year old daughter's pregnancy isn't an issue. It's a private family matter. But, if Gov. Palin had supported school sex-education, there is discussion whether her daughter might've avoided becoming pregnant."
Really? If it's not an issue, why have I heard "The Today Show", NPR, CNN, "MSDNC", repeat it over and over? I agree, it's not an issue...it sounds like an agenda to me. Rather than support her for what she stands for, the media seems to be vetting Palin's 17 year old as much as they are the Governor herself. And every other parent in America has a firm grip on their 17 year old, right? It's enough to make me regurgi-vet.
PS- My McCain/Palin stickers are in the mail.
posted by Steelerfan06 | 12:28 PM
5 Comments:
Great Post!!! I would like to know if you came up with all those "vet" remarks, as they are great!
Now I have to search for the McCain/Palin stickers myself and find the yard signs for Kristy (she now has her own yard!) and me real soon :-)
Thanks Kirsten! Yes, I took a little creative liberty with those "vet" words. It felt like that's what I was hearing these last few days. Vet this and vet that, blah, blah, blah...
I bought our McCain/Palin stickers from the headquarter's website, $1 each. They also have yard signs, buttons, shirts, etc.
Thanks for reading my blog!!
From an inVETerate linguaphile...LOVED this post!
Be sure to check out AWAD on "vet":
http://wordsmith.org/words/vet.html
Hey, speaking of vet, Kirsten and I are headed downtown to Taylor County Republican Headquarters tonight to watch our favorite VETeran make his acceptance speech!
(Oh, wait...Kirsten's favorite vet is probably her husband...who is going with us!) The Pachyderm Party will run late tonight so this librarian will be taking her own car.
P.S. After listening to the news this morning after John McCain's speech last night, I think next week's word will be:
maverick
Want to know the NEW word of the week?
Bailout? Nope.
Debate? Uh-unh.
It's UPDATE!!!! Time for a blog UPDATE, bro!!
;-)
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