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Obama and McCain to meet on Monday

Barack Obama and The Politician Formerly Known As The Old John McCain – John McCain – are sitting down together on Monday. According to HuffPo, they’re set to “bury the ax”. Which I think is American for: “bury the axe”.

Announcing the meeting, an Obama spokesman said:

“It’s well known that they share an important belief that Americans want and deserve a more effective and efficient government, and will discuss ways to work together to make that a reality.”

And here was Keith Olbermann’s take on the news last night:

Blimey. First Joe Lieberman, then Hillary Clinton, now John McCain. Has Barack ever met a politician he didn’t like?

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4 Responses to “Obama and McCain to meet on Monday”

  1. Ryan Says:
    November 15th, 2008 at 6:18 pm

    Was that cheap shot at our spelling necessary? : (

  2. Andrea Says:
    November 16th, 2008 at 9:40 pm

    aww. sorry, Ryan. I actually think your spelling reflects a more direct, no-nonsense approach to things in general. I mean, why put a “u” in words when they really don’t need them? or, indeed, an “e” at the end of a word when it’s unnecessary? it’s very admirable. or, indeed: admirabl.

    ;-)

  3. steven Says:
    November 17th, 2008 at 11:14 pm

    Old Noah Webster actually had democratizing the language in mind :-
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noah_Webster#Speller_and_dictionary

  4. Andrea Says:
    November 18th, 2008 at 9:39 am

    ooh steven, that’s fascinating… I had no idea Webster himself was so influential on American spelling. thanks for posting the link! :-)