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[winterbadger]

One of the semi-spam mails I get fromt eh Democratic Party recently assured me that "With some people already casting their ballots, the election of 2004 is now underway, and nothing less than the future of our country is at stake."

I hate to be PedanticMan (OK, I don't, I love it), but isn't the future of the country *always* at stake in a federal election?

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[peaceful-fox.livejournal.com]

PedanticMan

Imagining superpowers, sidekick, and costume...

[cutedeadgirl.livejournal.com]

I'd like it to say "nothing less than the future of the world is at stake". Considering what Bush has done and all.

[flewellyn.livejournal.com]

This is taking it beyond pedantry and into the domain of nitpicking, though. Yes, technically the country's future is always at stake.

Not to this degree, however. This one's different. This one's not "well, what are we going to do about X and Y problems?" This one is "will our democracy actually survive?"

BOW TIE?

[robbysmom.livejournal.com]

sweetie, you'd look too much like Tucker Carolson, I fear! and you know what Jon Stewart had to say about that!

On the other hand, your Pa does look great in them, so, maybe. . .

Pedanticitis maximus

[kevinrtaylor.livejournal.com]

nothing less than the future of our country is at stake

Wrong! Many many things less than the future of your country are at stake. Like the likely price of cheese or the the frequency of grass-trimming on highway verges.
In addition, the future of both our countries is at stake.
;-)
PedanticMan v2.0