Repudiated

What needs to be repudiated is not the Debt, but the aggregation of Government debt. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Under the head "Socinians" -- a name repudiated by themselves -- an opponent was allowed not merely to state their alleged doctrines in his own way, but to apply strong terms, such as "audacious unfairness," to some of their doings. ❋ Augustus De Morgan (1838)

– Senator John McCain repudiated the comments of one of his top economic advisers, Phil Gramm, saying here Thursday that he did not agree with Mr. Gramm that America was in a “mental recession” and was a “nation of whiners.’’ ❋ Unknown (2008)

The candidate chosen was McClellan; McClellan in set terms repudiated the resolution that the war was a failure, and then accepted the candidature. ❋ Godfrey Rathbone Benson Charnwood (1904)

It was a curious position for a lady — this being known as a repudiated wife; and it is worthy of observation that the ❋ Unknown (1878)

Images of the 8-foot-tall glass plate bearing Guevara's image, now toppled and shattered, were shown Friday on state television, which said the entire country "repudiated" the vandalism. ❋ Unknown (2007)

It is inaccurate to view Bartlett as a "repudiated" President (unlike, say, Hoover in 1932, Carter in 1980 or Bush in 1992), but the West Wing, not for the first time, did their viewers an important service in pointing to the way that we are disserved by a system that allows a true lame-duck to make very important decisions that can well prove albatrosses around their successors necks. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Mr. Obama won't comment specifically on Rev. Wright's denunciations of the United States, but he did authorize a campaign aide to say that he "repudiated" those comments. ❋ Unknown (2008)

McCain continues to assert that he has "repudiated" every anti-Obama statement or act that was inappropriate, whether or not it could be traced to one or more of his supporters. ❋ Unknown (2008)

He "repudiated" the appointment of an AU mediator, his spokesman Femi Fani-Kayode said. ❋ Unknown (2005)

To that end, small grants to three respected human rights organizations in the Middle East-Al-Haq, Al-Mezan and B'Tselem-were "repudiated" this past January. ❋ Bene Diction (2010)

In a 75-page report, the lawyers found that the administration had "repudiated" constitutional interpretations by the Supreme ❋ Unknown (2010)

They "repudiated" his granting of about $10,000 each to Israel's human rights group, ❋ Unknown (2010)

G-20 press conference, he responded to a reporter asking whether the stiff deficit reduction goals of our allies "repudiated" his economic views: ❋ Unknown (2010)

Three grants to human rights groups in the Middle East were "repudiated," an international Board member was shown the door by the Braun Board, and two other Board members resigned on the spot. ❋ Bene Diction (2010)

ID critics may find it convenient to quote blanket condemnations of ID from scientific organizations in order to claim it has been "repudiated," but what such statements actually show is that much of the opposition to ID from the scientific community is not scientific in nature, but political. ❋ Unknown (2009)