TheOtherDave comments on Rationality Quotes April 2012 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: TheOtherDave 10 April 2012 01:03:18AM 1 point [-]

Yes, that's certainly true.

I'm really curious now, though. What's your opinion about the intended connotations of the phrase "food stamp President"? Do you think it's intended primarily as a way of describing Obama's economic policies? His commitment to preventing hunger? His fondness for individual welfare programs? Something else?

Or, if you think the intention varies depending on the user, what connotations do you think Gingrich intended to evoke with it?

Or, if you're unwilling to speculate as to Gingrich's motives, what connotations do you think it evokes in a typical resident of, say, Utah or North Dakota?