negative payload "he"

Jim Parish jparish at SIUE.EDU
Wed Sep 21 15:56:48 UTC 2005


Jonathan Lighter asked:
> Republican Congressman Clay Shaw of Florida knows that Jeb Bush is Governor.
> So what could have led him to say on Fox News about five minutes ago, in
> regard to Hurrican Rita,
>
> "In Florida we had a governor who knew what they were doing"  ?

My guess is that there's an implicit contrast with Louisiana Governor Kathleen
Blanco:
"In Louisiana they had a governor who didn't know what *(he was)/they were
doing."

Jim Parish
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