Bloody hell...
You're all
MISSING THE POINT.
This has
nothing to do with Rumsfeld
or American politics.
The "Foot in mouth" award is one of several awarded by the Plain English Society -
http://www.plainenglish.co.uk
This award is for "a baffling quote by a public figure". See
http://www.plainenglish.co.uk/footinmouth.html for specifics and a list of previous winners.
This is a list of all their awards.
Plain English (the open category)
Inside Write (for internal government documents)
Media (for radio, television and newspapers)
Golden Bulls (for gobbledygook); and
Foot in Mouth (for a baffling quote by a public figure)
The Plain English Web Award
You "Rumsfeld defenders" and "Rumsfeld haters" need to relax.
This years example is a
perfect example of a baffling quote by a public figure. If you think otherwise you are being disingenuous.
Mr Mephisto
PS - and yes, I was being pleonastic in my earlier post. This is not the reason Rumsfeld won the award, but it's an example of how even finger pointers like me can mess up...
