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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Especially when ‘litmus test’ is used in its analogical political sense, it’s easy to hear an imperative where there isn’t one; a litmust test is a test that a candidate must pass to get a judicial appointment. 500+ ghits, e.g.,
Colmes ended the segment saying that conservatives have a litmust test, and maybe the president does, too.
www.newshounds.us/2005/11/02/hannitys_g … _didnt.php
BTW, Sen Kennedy pointed out how conservatives have their litmust test and used
it to rule out Miers.
onoekeh.blogspot.com/2005/10/republicans-want-diversity.html
I agree with such a concept, but I do not believe that property ownership is the
litmust test we need.
polipundit.com/wp-comments-popup.php?p=7167&c=1
And now we know what that litmust test is: The categorical overturning of Roe v. Wade.
stygius.mindsay.com/
Some activists put their personal Litmust tests on candidates without understanding that VA is NOT California.
mydd.com/story/2005/11/15/121829/49
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Well shuckydarn.
Just came across this one somewhere – did a search and found no entries, started typing up a new entry and when I searched Google for examples… up comes this pre-existing thread.
Doggone busted search.
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I call it “being Lakritzed.” If I had a quarter….
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