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Minnesota

OneBro

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1. ". . . to be honest"

Reply to WhiskeyGrinder (Original post)

Wed Nov 18, 2020, 12:40 PM

Nov 2020

I cringe when people preface something with "to be honest." I get that it isn't their intent, but it sounds like they are going to try honesty for a change. Try it on, see how it fits, then maybe go back to normal if it doesn't quite work out.

To be or not to be,
That is the question.

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2 Minnesota senators split from DFL, start independent caucus [View all] WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2020 OP

". . . to be honest" OneBro Nov 2020 #1

To be honest, it doesn't bug me. Drunken Irishman Nov 2020 #2

Just wanted to note that my comment is currently sandwiched between . . . OneBro Nov 2020 #3

LOL, I need this question everything Nov 2020 #8

I avoid that construction. Laelth Nov 2020 #4

This is a Frank Luntz/Newt Gingrich tool. They teach it to Republican candidates. Midnight Writer Nov 2020 #11

Traitors Diraven Nov 2020 #5

Oh, both of them had plenty of heft in the party already. "Loyal" is kind of a loaded word, WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2020 #7

Tomassoni is now the chair of the Senate.. question everything Nov 2020 #6

No, but he's president of it. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2020 #9

Oops. Typo. Meant chair.. Or, as you post, the correct term is President question everything Nov 2020 #10

Are these guys angling... Mawspam2 Nov 2020 #12

If these two are so fed up with the DFL, why didn't they run as Independents in the election? dflprincess Nov 2020 #13