Normally careful wordsmith Joe Klein appears to be so rattled by the reaction to his comment about Charles Krauthammer that he's making elementary errors of diction. "Malingerers" makes no sense in the first sentence of Klein's post--unless he thinks malingerers means "maligners," those who malign. But it doesn't.
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Normally careful wordsmith Joe Klein appears to be so rattled by the reaction to his comment about Charles Krauthammer that he's making elementary errors of diction. "Malingerers" makes no sense in the first sentence of Klein's post--unless he thinks malingerers means "maligners," those who malign.…
John McCormack · May 20, 2009