In the news today is slimeball GOP operative Karl Rove, who's taking shots at Sarah Palin and suggesting that she may lack the "gravitas" to be president and to even mount a presidential candidacy (first link at bottom).Your first question might be, "what the hell is a gravita?" Well, the pedestrian definition of lacking "gravitas" means lacking in necessary substance or seriousness. But alas, "gravitas" is also slang for "balls," as confirmed by the Urban Dictionary (second link at bottom). In short, Rove's blast today is a very thinly veiled attempt to assert that Palin lacks the balls to be president and to endure a presidential run.
This is only confirmed by another of his quotes in which he questions whether Palin has what it takes to make it through a run for president: "It's going to be blood, it's going to be sweat and tears, and it's going to be hard effort." Translation: Palin doesn't have the balls (errrr, gravitas) to do it.
Of course, you could say that turnabout is fair play for Palin, who in early August dropped her own sack blast on Obama by accusing him of lacking the "cojones" to take on the illegal immigration issue (third link at bottom).
Which brings me back to my original question: What's with these right-wingers and all their teenage-style "you ain't got the junk" blasts? I'm starting to think GOP stands for "GrOw a Pair" rather than "Grand Old Party."
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-20021010-503544.html
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=gravitas
http://independentrage.blogspot.com/2010/08/cojones.html
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