{"id":1968,"date":"2008-03-29T07:21:15","date_gmt":"2008-03-29T11:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/cajun-style\/"},"modified":"2008-03-29T07:21:15","modified_gmt":"2008-03-29T11:21:15","slug":"cajun-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/cajun-style","title":{"rendered":"Cajun style!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was going to post this column by James Carville<\/a> just so you could read his defense of his “Judas” reference to Bill Richardson’s endorsement of Obama. I mean, it’s a pretty entertaining read:<\/p>\n

Heck, I give myself some credit for managing to get the Clinton and Obama campaigns to agree on something — that neither wanted to be associated with my remarks.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But then I got to the end and was struck by this phrase:<\/p>\n

Most of the stuff I’ve ever said is pretty insignificant and by in large<\/em> has been said off the cuff and without much thought to the potential consequences.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

“By in large”? I always thought it was “by and<\/em> large.” This conversation<\/a> would seem to confirm that (well, since it’s derived from nautical terminology, they propose “by and larrrrrrrge,” but still), but since my just deserts<\/a> mistake a few months ago, I’m gunshy. Maybe this is just how you say “by and large” . . . Cajun style!<\/p>\n

Any insight on this?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was going to post this column by James Carville just so you could read his defense of his “Judas” reference to Bill Richardson’s endorsement of Obama. I mean, it’s a pretty entertaining read: Heck, I give myself some credit for managing to get the Clinton and Obama campaigns to agree on something — that … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “Cajun style!”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1968","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics-explicit"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4C7K-vK","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2066,"url":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/unrequired-reading-may-23-2008","url_meta":{"origin":1968,"position":0},"title":"Unrequired Reading: May 23, 2008","author":"Gil","date":"May 23, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"It's the Memorial Day Weekend! 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