# Republicans in '08

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-in-08/265959>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [September 24, 2004, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-in-08/265959 "2004-09-24T23:05:08Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-in-08/265959/41 "2004-09-27T01:57:35Z")

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> DeLong, who can read, appears to be referring to the combination of massive cuts and fiscal sleight-of-hand as “fiscal profligacy.”

Yes, I know. I can read. It’s just a novel interpretation. ‘Fiscal profiglacy’ means ‘extravagent spending’. Creating a deficit through cutting taxes is not fiscal profiglacy, or is playing tricks with the books to make the cut look smaller than it is.

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**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/republicans-in-08/265959/42 "2004-09-27T02:57:02Z")

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> [@ElvisL1ves](#):
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> What does “not a chance” mean when you say it, then?
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> Since you ask, would you consider Georgia a “small state” either?

No, Georgia is not a small state.

“Not a chance” means that I do not give a candidate any chance of receiving the nomination.

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