Heads-Up: Hamsters on WMUR's Close Up this Sunday

The Good Word (4.00 / 2)

Doug and Andy did a great job. Both know their issues, articulated them well and we couldn't have hoped for a better result. I didn't realize until Doug's comment on-air that our NHYD posse was also a BH crew ... we're going to elect them and a LOT of Young Democrats this November!

"Where we are met with cynicism and doubt and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can." - Barack Obama

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by: Garth Corriveau @ Thu Jul 31, 2008 at 11:51:34 AM CDT

Great Job (0.00 / 0)

Doug and Garth did a much better job than I did. And Evan Carlson and Kevin Hodges were instrumental as well. Great job everybody!

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by: Andrew Sylvia @ Thu Jul 31, 2008 at 17:43:55 PM CDT

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I saw your segment (0.00 / 0)

Don't sell yourself short.

You're right about Evan and Kevin, though, they were extremely helpful, as was Dave Scannell.

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"Act as if ye have faith and faith shall be given to you." -Aaron Sorkin

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by: Douglas E. Lindner @ Thu Jul 31, 2008 at 19:09:14 PM CDT

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That's True (0.00 / 0)

Me and Garth did remember our socks :)

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by: Andrew Sylvia @ Sun Aug 03, 2008 at 18:14:33 PM CDT

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So did I. (0.00 / 0)

But they were ankle socks.

Don't be airing my dirty laundry in public!

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"Act as if ye have faith and faith shall be given to you." -Aaron Sorkin

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by: Douglas E. Lindner @ Sun Aug 03, 2008 at 19:07:56 PM CDT

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me, myself, and I (0.00 / 0)

 "I do not like subversion or disloyalty in any form and if I had ever seen any I would have considered it my duty to have reported it to the proper authorities.But to hurt innocent people whom I knew many years ago in order to save myself is to me inhuman and indecent and dishonorable."

-Hellman, Lillian Florence

Doug I am peevish about certain manglefications of the language. Knowing my failings are many and my faults are great, it is with humility, but to mine own self being true that I remind and prod you, upbraiding as I go...

This Sunday's edition of WMUR's Close Up (10 AM) is all about young candidates running for State Representative.  It features three Democrats, Hamsters all: NHYD President Garth Corriveau, Merrimack candidate Andrew Sylvia, and myself, as well as three Republican counterparts.

Proper grammar dictates that you should have said, "...and me..."  not "...and myself..."

http://www.wsu.edu/~brians/err...
In the old days when people studied traditional grammar, we could simply say, "The first person singular pronoun is "I" when it's a subject and "me" when it's an object," but now few people know what that means. Let's see if we can apply some common sense here. The misuse of "I" and "myself" for "me" is caused by nervousness about "me." Educated people know that "Jim and me are goin' down to slop the hogs," is not elegant speech, not "correct." It should be "Jim and I" because if I were slopping the hogs alone I would never say "Me is going. . . ." If you refer to yourself first, the same rule applies: It's not "Me and Jim are going" but "I and Jim are going."

So far so good. But the notion that there is something wrong with "me" leads people to overcorrect and avoid it where it is perfectly appropriate. People will say "The document had to be signed by both Susan and I" when the correct statement would be, "The document had to be signed by both Susan and me." Trying even harder to avoid the lowly "me," many people will substitute "myself," as in "The suspect uttered epithets at Officer O'Leary and myself."

"Myself" is no better than "I" as an object. "Myself" is not a sort of all-purpose intensive form of "me" or "I." Use "myself" only when you have used "I" earlier in the same sentence: "I am not particularly fond of goat cheese myself." "I kept half the loot for myself." All this confusion can easily be avoided if you just remove the second party from the sentences where you feel tempted to use "myself" as an object or feel nervous about "me." You wouldn't say, "The IRS sent the refund check to I," so you shouldn't say "The IRS sent the refund check to my wife and I" either. And you shouldn't say "to my wife and myself." The only correct way to say this is, "The IRS sent the refund check to my wife and me." Still sounds too casual? Get over it.

On a related point, those who continue to announce "It is I" have traditional grammatical correctness on their side, but they are vastly outnumbered by those who proudly boast "it's me!" There's not much that can be done about this now. Similarly, if a caller asks for Susan and Susan answers "This is she," her somewhat antiquated correctness is likely to startle the questioner into confusion.

"I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death." Patrick Henry

Me sounds less presumptuous because it is correct, while referring to oneself as such, is trying too hard to sound high minded.

We represent the Lollypop Guild, the Lollypop Guild, the Lollypop guild.

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by: JonnyBBad @ Fri Aug 01, 2008 at 06:06:43 AM CDT

Agh! You're right, and I'm usually more careful than that. (0.00 / 0)

Luckily, because it was in the diary and not a comment, I'm able to cover my shame with the "edit" button.  The world will never know! Unless they read your comment...

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"Act as if ye have faith and faith shall be given to you." -Aaron Sorkin

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by: Douglas E. Lindner @ Fri Aug 01, 2008 at 12:22:10 PM CDT

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I hate myself n/t (0.00 / 0)

We represent the Lollypop Guild, the Lollypop Guild, the Lollypop guild.

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by: JonnyBBad @ Fri Aug 01, 2008 at 13:22:09 PM CDT

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You mean you hate "myself"? (4.00 / 1)

haha

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"Act as if ye have faith and faith shall be given to you." -Aaron Sorkin

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by: Douglas E. Lindner @ Sat Aug 02, 2008 at 21:55:39 PM CDT

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thank you (0.00 / 0)

falettinme
be miceelf
a-ga-ain

1:38
Yah this is blue eyed soul

We represent the Lollypop Guild, the Lollypop Guild, the Lollypop guild.

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by: JonnyBBad @ Sat Aug 02, 2008 at 22:57:55 PM CDT

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Review (0.00 / 0)

I just watched the show and our young candidates and Garth looked good BUT--

Marilinda Garcia slapped down the governor and the Democratic majority with false "talking points" and wasn't really called out for it. Andy tried to present the other view about a transparent budget, but her being an "incumbent" was an advantage.

Also, they aired the infamous Britney/Paris McCain ad.

It's so dumb, and if I were either one's manager, I'd sue for using their images without consent.

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by: Jennifer Daler @ Sun Aug 03, 2008 at 09:40:24 AM CDT

Doug Lindner (0.00 / 0)

storing this performance in the "techno file".
Good work guys, representin'. Garth I thought you answered the question about Party support quite well.

We represent the Lollypop Guild, the Lollypop Guild, the Lollypop guild.

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by: JonnyBBad @ Sun Aug 03, 2008 at 10:17:13 AM CDT

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:-) (4.00 / 1)

Thanks Jonny. I'm happy just to have plugged our website and "603 Forward" at the end. A good show for NHYD & the "baby hamsters."

"Where we are met with cynicism and doubt and those who tell us that we can't, we will respond with that timeless creed that sums up the spirit of a people: Yes, we can." - Barack Obama

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by: Garth Corriveau @ Sun Aug 03, 2008 at 16:28:26 PM CDT

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video available online? (0.00 / 0)

I'm in Boston, and don't get WMUR... is there any chance this video is available online anywhere?

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by: FrankLloydMike @ Sun Aug 03, 2008 at 15:03:21 PM CDT

I haven't found it yet. (0.00 / 0)

If you do let me know.  doug at douglindner dot com

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"Act as if ye have faith and faith shall be given to you." -Aaron Sorkin

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by: Douglas E. Lindner @ Sun Aug 03, 2008 at 16:05:37 PM CDT

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