tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862751130582500985.post4750791227653258385..comments2023-05-20T02:59:34.668-05:00Comments on No, You're Hyperbolic: McCain and monkeysjumcohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15753433888238396781noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-862751130582500985.post-21966862984833225862008-09-28T21:10:00.000-05:002008-09-28T21:10:00.000-05:00Perhaps this is not the purposeful tactic that Chr...Perhaps this is not the purposeful tactic that Chris Mathews made it out to be, and which quickly became dogma. To the contrary, it is a well known and time-honored practice in the Senate, and in most other Western parliamentarian bodies, to speak to another member through the Chair, who is sometimes literally named "the Speaker," as in "the Speaker of the House." It is a practice considered Pericleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06945738688567266186noreply@blogger.com