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jhetley ([personal profile] jhetley) wrote2008-08-26 08:21 am

Spite fences

Item on NPR "Morning Edition" today, interviews with a couple of Hillary delegates.  One of them is giving serious thought to voting McCain.  Says she's never voted Republican before . . .

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=93947082

(A "spite fence" is a Maine term, a fence or hedge put up for the sole purpose of spoiling your neighbor's "view" even if it damages your own.  We can reach Afghan levels in our multi-generational feuds.)

[identity profile] anahata56.livejournal.com 2008-08-27 12:00 am (UTC)(link)
I thought of you when I posted this (http://anahata56.livejournal.com/2008/08/26/).

Her choice of words, I think, is apropo.