By the time I first interviewed him last June, assorted commentators and leader writers were already railing about his political correctness and his reputed closeness to New Labour.
When he lands from double air turns in fifth position, the pleasure is not in his academic correctness but in his softly luxurious ease.
Dave is a twittering mass of anxiety, and Mr. Scott plays his neurotic correctness as if he were plucking an upright bass in an echo chamber.
He started to defend himself but then, in a moment rare for a president who often seems convinced of his own correctness, he switched course.
Jonathan Chait became enemy No. 1 of many on the internet Tuesday after New York magazine published his political-correctness opus, titled "Not A Very P.C. Thing To Say," in which he decries the hyper-sensitive atmosphere that has taken root across the web.
The song also refers to the "children overboard" affair, his criticism of political correctness, and his use of immigration as a political issue, some of which occurred after the actual Howard's subsequent election to Prime Minister.
Davies is funny about his time at Kent, gently sending up his own political correctness - "I had no money to help the miners, so I just watched the strike on TV while wearing badges saying 'Coal not dole'" - but he is less insightful about what drew him to comedy as a career.
"His success today confirms the correctness of his placement.
