Real quick, Wolf, you know, some social conservatives are not happy about John McCain's statement on the California gay marriage ruling, because in essence, it came out as just kind of what they call a milquetoast (ph), some sort of just generic statement rather than really taking the issue as one about judges and one about marriage and taking control and being more forceful in that area. ❋ Unknown (2008)
If McGavick can't even get me excited about him being Senator, he is toast. toast as in "milquetoast". ❋ Unknown (2006)
Reaganaut gives us a good perspective into the right wing mythology (FDR was a conservative, Charles Lindburgh was a liberal, Bush is not a limp wristed milquetoast from the East with a fake drawl, supporting our troops means getting them killed, anyone who disagrees hates America, etc). ❋ Unknown (2006)
Feeling toasty: Kudos (in the piece about the Ghost Riderz scooter gang) for using the word milquetoast in a sentence. ❋ Unknown (2008)
Obviously a "bipartisan" (aka milquetoast) bill isn't going to work. ❋ Unknown (2009)
A milquetoast is a weak, ineffectual or bland person. ❋ Libertyreborn.com (2009)
McCain's candidacy until now could've only been described as milquetoast, but it's quickly become clear that both parties are geared up for the big sprint ahead. ❋ Unknown (2008)
This kind of milquetoast ambivalence that we're seeing on display about what exactly it is that NASA is going to be doing in their human spaceflight efforts is why I don't ever bother going to the NASA 'big program' presentations at space conferences. ❋ Unknown (2009)
This isn't necessarily the same kind of "milquetoast" behavior that caused Kerry and Gore to almost-but-not-quite make it. ❋ Unknown (2009)
She wrote him off as a "milquetoast", but softened her criticism by stating that "even the worst Republican is better than any Democrat". ❋ Unknown (2008)
The word "milquetoast" comes from a comic character. ❋ Unknown (2005)
In July 2005, then Fed Chairman Alan Greenspan made "milquetoast" noises about "signs of froth in some local markets" but housing prices continued unchecked, Gilbert writes. ❋ David Kinchen (2010)
But Dawkins 'defence of Robertson, against the "milquetoast" Christians who rushed to disavow the televangelist's suggestion that the Haitian earthquake victims were being singled out for divine punishment, offers an interesting illustration of militant atheism's symbiotic relationship with religious fundamentalism. ❋ Unknown (2010)
In his introduction, Foster immediately grabs our attention by discussing Mr. Lindner, a "milquetoast" sent to tempt the Younger family in Hanberry's "A Raisin in the Sun." ❋ Unknown (2009)
Hayato was kind of milquetoast and Kai was still rather despicable but not as hateful as I remember him to be. ❋ Unknown (2008)
In the past, Republicans could sometimes count on Democrats to run milquetoast campaigns. ❋ Robert Creamer (2010)
But we couldn't even get a fairly milquetoast public option past the "deficit hawks," even though it would reduce the deficit. ❋ RJ (2010)
It's her nobility, not Paul's milquetoast personality, that gives the story its power. — ❋ Unknown (2010)
