Word: baloneyed
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...book publishers--unlike newspaper and magazine publishers--do virtually nothing to check or warrant the accuracy of what they print. They won't knowingly publish a fraud, but they won't take the first step to expose one. In fact, they don't even seem to turn on their baloney detectors when they sit down to read a manuscript. One phone call could have exposed Seltzer's tale. And as for Defonseca, certainly there are many true stories of surviving the Holocaust that strain credulity. But adopted by wolves? Please...
...record because of Spygate. He later recanted those remarks, but kicker Garo Yepremian insists that "a few" asterisks be attached to the Pats. Says Hall of Fame coach and ex-Buffalo Bills general manager Marv Levy: "I saw one or two other former coaches say, Oh, everybody does it. Baloney. I didn't do it, and I know many others who didn't do that type of thing ... It will diminish the impact of an accomplishment like going undefeated...
ROMNEY: It's a nice line, but it's baloney. Look, we're both guys that are in favor of keeping spending down and keeping taxes down. The place we differ is on the line-item veto. I'd have never gone to the Supreme Court [like Giuliani] and said it's unconstitutional. I'm in favor of the line-item veto to make sure that the President is able to help get out pork and waste...
...read Klein's assessment of Edwards with amazement. It was naive, to say the least. Edwards is without a doubt the most phony-baloney candidate out there, Democrat or Republican. He is the model of political self-interest. Edwards has been carefully grooming himself for political glory ever since he finished milking the health-care industry for every cent he could as a trial lawyer specializing in personal-injury litigation. His baby kissing and do-gooder track record clearly indicate he's an ego-driven man purely in it for himself and will do whatever is politically expedient to achieve...
...Phony or For Real? Re Joe Klein's piece on the person he called the "no baloney candidate" [May 7]: We need someone like John Edwards as President of the U.S. He will say what he means and mean what he says. Most candidates beat around the bush on controversial topics like health care. Does the nation want more surprises like our current Administration's zany ideas? I don't. Bush has been making the world more unstable with his decisions. Daniel Swain, Plymouth, North Carolina...