08.08.08
Im- or de- partisan politics?
From the mostly “I-must-keep-writing-or-I’ll-die-like-a-nonswimming-shark” school of internet campaign coverage in an AP story posted early 8/6/08:
Bayh opened his introduction of Obama by saying he had some “good news” to depart. “In five short months, the Bush administration will be done,” Bayh said.
That use of depart to discuss pending administration departure when impart was obviously intended was a delicious match not of form and content but of misinform and discontent.
Some editorial type apparently speared the shark, though. Later that day, the article was revised because of developments and, possibly, because of editorial second thoughts. The phrase “to depart” had itself departed, eliminating the malapropism and imparting concision.
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