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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEmbarrassed to ask, but would someone kindly explain
Fitzmas to me? I realize it's a refrence to something that was hyped for a long time and then there was a huge letdown? I hate to admit I have absolutely no clue what it is, although I see it often.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)CurtEastPoint
(18,652 posts)rzemanfl
(29,565 posts)Fitzmas is a word coined by some liberal American bloggers in the atmosphere of excitement, joy and anticipation, primarily among Democrats, which preceded the announcement of results of Patrick Fitzgerald's investigation of the Plame affair. The word "Fitzmas" is a portmanteau of Fitzgerald's name and "Christmas."
Fitzmas - dKosopedia
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dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,750 posts)in connection with the leaking of Valerie Plame's identity. There was a lot of excited speculation on DU and elsewhere that Bush tool Karl Rove would also be indicted, and this would be "Fitzmas." But it didn't happen and there was great disappointment. https://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/28/politics/rove-apparently-is-not-indicted-today-fitzgerald-to-speak-soon.html