Re: Why The Democrats Don\'t Get It
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I don't think grave was Bush's word. I believe it was another poster who said you could substitute grave for immediate/imminent. I disagree that such a substitution means the same thing.
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If memory serves, the exact phrase used in the speech was "a grave and gathering threat." Note that "gathering" suggests "not yet imminent." The entire phrase connotes foreboding.
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