Jim Webb\u2019s campaign manager needs an editor. From the latest campaign email:<\/p>\n
And [Sen. Allen] hired Dick Wadhams, a man whose last race featured the despicable intimidation of Native American voters and campaign workers breaking the law.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Let\u2019s overlook for the moment that it\u2019s not a complete sentence. Read without the first half of the prepositional object may make the other problem clearer.<\/p>\n
And [Sen. Allen] hired Dick Wadhams, a man whose last race featured the despicable intimidation of campaign workers breaking the law.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
So what\u2019s wrong with intimidating people who are breaking the law? Ah, what a comma would do.<\/p>\n
And [Sen. Allen] hired Dick Wadhams, a man whose last race featured the despicable intimidation of Native American voters and campaign workers, breaking the law. \u201cThereby\u201d is then implied.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
I figured with my check I get to give them a grammar lesson.<\/p>\n
And as others have pointed out, this sentence leaves us a little cold:<\/p>\n
The fact is Allen and his campaign have not earned the right to challenge Jim Webb\u2019s position on free speech and flag burning.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
You don\u2019t really \u201cearn\u201d free speech, even if Allen is a draft dodger like so many other right-wing, arm chair soldiers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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