[lbo-talk] Rudy: he's nuts

[Carl Remick]

>From: Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu>
>
>Doug Henwood wrote:
> >
> > The explanation for what makes Rudy so compelling among people who
> > know him best—including New York reporters who've covered him for a
> > generation, and political pros who've worked for him—is simpler: he
> > is nuts, actually mad.
>
>If these commentators wish to use the adverby "actually," then they
>should not use such empty slang terms as "nuts" and "mad."

No, the problem is with the modifier.  Rudy isn't actually mad; he's 
*barking* mad.

Carl

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