Quote: "Democrats still have the same quality of leadership and political acumen from Leaders Pelosi and Reid (and Chairman Dean) and the same number of positive, clear agenda items to offer the American people." ABC News Blog, "The Note"
Figure of Speech: adianoeta (ah dee ah noh EE tah), the figure of hidden meaning
The ABC reporters neatly use an adianoeta (Greek for "unintelligible") to give an ironic gloss to the Democrats' strange inability to respond to a botched war, a bungled disaster, an exploding deficit, vanishing privacy, and Halliburton.
Snappy Answer: "Yes, I never knew such leadership was possible."
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