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a kennedy

(29,642 posts)
Tue Apr 24, 2018, 11:30 PM Apr 2018

Look whos on the guest list for the state dinner.....daughter & son-in-law.

The Honorable Jared Kushner and The Honorable Ivanka Trump??? The Honorable Jared and Ivanka??? Oh FFS. How the hell did they become, choke, choke, honorable.

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Look whos on the guest list for the state dinner.....daughter & son-in-law. (Original Post) a kennedy Apr 2018 OP
They are about as honorable as Rocket Man. boston bean Apr 2018 #1
... Scurrilous Apr 2018 #6
Pretty soon, The VERY Honorable Kim Jong Un dalton99a Apr 2018 #2
It was a misprint. Supposed to be "The Horrible Jared and Ivanka" ProudLib72 Apr 2018 #3
"Honorable" will be redacted for both in the next 6 months. democratisphere Apr 2018 #4
Look at THIS: President Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump dixiegrrrrl Apr 2018 #5
It says the list was provided by the WH but edited by the NYTimes EffieBlack Apr 2018 #7
Huh....... dixiegrrrrl Apr 2018 #8

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)
5. Look at THIS: President Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 12:37 AM
Apr 2018

No capital letters for "first lady".....sheesh.

same with "House majority leader"

Schizoid approach for the Cabinet heads:

"Administration Officials:

Jim Mattis, secretary of defense

Steven Mnuchin, secretary of the Treasury, and Louise Linton

Kirstjen Nielsen, secretary of homeland security, and Chad Wolf

Mike Pompeo, director of the C.I.A. and secretary of state nominee, and Susan Pompeo

Wilbur Ross, secretary of commerce and Hilary Ross"

More of the same, ad nauseum, but I do see this, also:
Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump, senior advisers to the president

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/24/us/politics/trump-macron-state-dinner-guest-list.html

 

EffieBlack

(14,249 posts)
7. It says the list was provided by the WH but edited by the NYTimes
Wed Apr 25, 2018, 12:55 AM
Apr 2018

I thought at first that it was sloppy, too. But this is just their standard style - for example, the Times never capitalizes “majority leader” and “first lady” and while it’s capitalizes “the Treasury” (probably because the “the” makes it a thing) but not most of the other cabinet departments, which are descriptive. Weird, but at least they’re being consistent.

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