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Spanish Thanks.

Through reading the free Spanish newspapers of the city, I’ve noticed how Spanish uses the infinitive where English uses the gerund, and have even started to imitate that use in conversation, e.g. when I thanked the (younger) (shorter) (round-faced) (Mexican) woman who was the cashier at the cafeteria where I met a friend for Thanksgiving dinner –

!Gracias por trabajar hoy!

- which I hope was correct.

Even if it wasn’t, she lit up and smiled appreciatively, and then at my apology for lack of knowledge and pleasant request taught me how to say “Happy Thanksgiving” in Spanish (‘Feliz dia de accion de gracias’).

Campaign 2012 Tidbits (31 of 31): Paul Ryan re: Election day.

From Mark Halperin and John Heilemann’s Double Down – Game Change 2012 (New York: Penguin Press, 2013), p. 466:

“On election morning,” Ryan said [to NJ governor Chris Christie two after the election], “they told me and my wife we were going to win.”

“Well, that just shows how shitty they were,” Christie harrumphed.

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Campaign 2012 Tidbits (30 of 31): Ann Romney on the day after elections.

From Mark Halperin and John Heilemann’s Double Down – Game Change 2012 (New York: Penguin Press, 2013), p. [465]:

“How did this happen?” [Ann Romney] asked over and over, saying she feared for the future of America.

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Campaign 2012 Tidbits (29 of 30): Clinton aphorism.

From Mark Halperin and John Heilemann’s Double Down – Game Change 2012 (New York: Penguin Press, 2013), p. 430:

As for Obama[‘s good fortune with Romney’s gaffes and other mistakes], Clinton trotted out for his pals the same line again and again:  “He’s luckier than a dog with two dicks.”

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Campaign 2012 Tidbits (28 of 30): Obama on Romney’s Benghazi fiasco.

From Mark Halperin and John Heilemann’s Double Down – Game Change 2012 (New York: Penguin Press, 2013), p. 398:

And here was Romney, the Republicans’ choice to be commander in chief, trying to score cheap political points.

“It’s practically disqualifying,” Obama said [to aides].

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Campaign 2012 Tidbits (27 of 30): Biden on Romney’s Benghazi fiasco.

From Mark Halperin and John Heilemann’s Double Down – Game Change 2012 (New York: Penguin Press, 2013), p. 397:

Joe Biden had caught Romney’s press conference live on TV that morning[, in which Romney affirmed his comments of the previous day about Benghazi].  The VP’s reaction was brief and to the point:  “He’s a horse’s ass.”

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