As any stamper knows, rubber stamps are great fun and, as any office worker knows, they can be a great time saver too.

It is unfortunate that the media (and even politicians themselves) persist in giving rubber stamps a bad name. When was the last time a politician saved you time and money? A rubber stamp can do that for you every day.

At least some media outlets use a hyphen to distinguish between rubber stamps (useful tools) and rubber-stamps (useless fools).

Kudos to the Business Standard of India for using the hyphenated form in this article:
“Devangshu Datta: The scent of presidency”
Business Standard (India), June 23, 2007

Boos and hisses to the Baltimore Messenger for using the non-hyphenated form in this article:
“Blake: Council not a ‘rubber stamp’”
Baltimore Messenger, June 20, 2007

If you catch your local media using the non-hyphenated form, send them a letter encouraging them to stop giving rubber stamps a bad name! If they’re online, send us a link. If you catch them using the hyphenated form, thank them and send us a link too.

Together, we can stamp out politicians (and the media) giving rubber stamps a bad name!

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