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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsThe White House, damn it, is a building! It does not "say" anything!
Sarah Huckabee-Sanders speaks FOR TRUMP, not "the White House". If this is not made clear in the minds of the general public, we are inviting the "I never said that; the White House did" excuse for any vile lie that Sarah chooses to spew at the press corps like projectile vomit.
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The White House, damn it, is a building! It does not "say" anything! (Original Post)
Atticus
Jun 2018
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JaneQPublic
(7,113 posts)1. Synecdoche (nt)
Atticus
(15,124 posts)3. "Weasel-speak" nt
unblock
(52,503 posts)2. My father was once chairman of a department at a university
As a joke, he had a pad of paper with a preprinted title "from the desk of the chair"
Ferrets are Cool
(21,117 posts)6. Now that is funny. nt
EffieBlack
(14,249 posts)4. Whenever anyone told a friend of mine "The White House said ..." she rolled her eyes, cut them off
and said:
"The White House isn't a person. It's a building. WHO said it and how old are they?"
DrDan
(20,411 posts)7. we all know what "the Pentagon" means . . . and it also is a building
no reason to make a big deal out of it
It's been done this way for years.