Edward Seaga's ill-considered description of the People's National Party as a 'mongrel' party.
Having made an error of judgement, Seaga backed off. It was Motty who took up the mission of defending the indefensible. He desperately tried to persuade his listeners that mongrel did not mean dog. It only meant degenerate, as if that was any better.
I was so vexed at Motty's blatant dishonesty I got on the show and we had it out. I began by citing the very first meaning of 'mongrel' in the Oxford English Dictionary: 'dog of no definable breed'. And it was downhill all the way for Motty after that. I've transcribed the entire conversation, which is posted on my blog. After an hour of going round and round in circles, this is where we ended up.
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Having made an error of judgement, Seaga backed off. It was Motty who took up the mission of defending the indefensible. He desperately tried to persuade his listeners that mongrel did not mean dog. It only meant degenerate, as if that was any better.
I was so vexed at Motty's blatant dishonesty I got on the show and we had it out. I began by citing the very first meaning of 'mongrel' in the Oxford English Dictionary: 'dog of no definable breed'. And it was downhill all the way for Motty after that. I've transcribed the entire conversation, which is posted on my blog. After an hour of going round and round in circles, this is where we ended up.
continue@ http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/2...cleisure3.html
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