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nadinbrzezinski

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4. I really do not understand where people come up with this anger

Reply to Orrex (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2015, 03:39 PM

May 2015

the term, in this particular use, has been around since at least Reagan. I will not use it in my reporting, but it is a standard every four years in the political press.

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Any candidate who uses the word "optics" instead of "appearances" has lost my vote. [View all] Orrex May 2015 OP

"worries about the public perception of a decision more than the substance of the decision itself." cui bono May 2015 #1

If candidates are more worried about optics than substance, we will sink further into this quagmire BrotherIvan May 2015 #2

You place too much emphasis on atmospherics pscot May 2015 #3

I really do not understand where people come up with this anger nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #4

Whatever its age, it's a smarmy corporatist buzzword. Orrex May 2015 #5

Because it came out of academic writing actually nadinbrzezinski May 2015 #9

We're going to have to disagree Orrex May 2015 #12

I get anoyed when people say life style olddots May 2015 #6

George Carlin famously commented on exactly that word. Orrex May 2015 #7

Ha! lovemydog May 2015 #10

What if they wear a flag pin for the optics during their appearances? FSogol May 2015 #8

Optics doesn't mean appearance nichomachus May 2015 #11