Zeev's Turnips Talk Politics (ZTTP)

[Tom K]

The reporters have gone totally whacky.

"Kerry received a polite if not overwhelmingly positive reaction from the VFW."

WTF does that sentence mean? Isn't there a huge difference between "polite" and "overwhelmingly positive"???

"But there was a clear divide, with scores of veterans sittings with their arms folded while others clapped."

If scores of veterans sat "with their arms folded", how could you say "if not overwhelmingly positive reaction"??? Give me a break.