Congressman Phil Gingrey, M.D.
At the end of the day, every member of the conservative movement, from our political commentators and thinkers to our elected officials, share an important and common purpose in advancing the cause of liberty, reigning in a bloated federal government, and defending our traditional family values.
Can’t anybody in Politico’s fifteen layers of professional journalism editors spell?
And boy, howdy, look at Gingrey run for cover. Apparently something got through that bubble of smug complacency that seems to surround “conservative Republicans” once they achieve high office.
Probably stark terror about keeping his seat if Rush, Hannity, and the rest come after him.
UPDATE:
In fact, in 2008 The National Journal ranked me the #1 most conservative Member of the House of Representatives.
Great. That’s like being the most conservative member of the Socialist Party, isn’t it?
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They got a pass on spelling (and grammar, and vocabulary, and usage) in j-school because their eyes were properly focused on bigger issues.
Technically, that’s a usage error, incorrect homonym choice, not a spelling error. The problem is that it flies right through spelling and grammar checkers.
I could also suggest that most journos couldn’t tell a queen’s bottom from a horse’s ass, since they’re more likely to have ridden the former than the latter, and without the benefit of saddle and tack.
It’s a common and annoying error, but it can inadvertently convey more truth than the writer intended. A lot of our elected “conservatives” really do want to reign in a bloated federal government.
A few years back there was a CNN headline about Arafat trying to “reign in the violence”. Beautiful.