Water over the deck? (Antonin Scalia)

Amy West medievalist at W-STS.COM
Sat Jan 27 01:35:29 UTC 2007


Ah, I'm not surprised. His lack of eloquence has been demonstrated in
the past in Boston when he gave a Boston Herald reporter a chin flick
(I'm not sure of the correct label for the gesture). Afterwards, in
the discussion of his use of the gesture, he argued it wasn't crude,
etc.

---Amy West

>Date:    Thu, 25 Jan 2007 11:48:01 EST
>From:    Bapopik at AOL.COM
>Subject: Water over the deck? (Antonin Scalia)
>
>WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE--473,000 Google hits
>THAT'S WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE--21,300 Google hits
>IT'S WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE--16,700 Google hits
>WATER OVER THE DECK--1,100 Google hits
>THAT'S WATER OVER THE DECK--0 Google hits
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>_http://www.nypost.com/seven/01252007/postopinion/editorials/too_late_for_a_re
>count__folks_editorials_.htm_
>(http://www.nypost.com/seven/01252007/postopinion/editorials/too_late_for_a_recount__folks_editorials_.htm)
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>TOO LATE FOR A RECOUNT, FOLKS
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>
>January 25, 2007 -- "It's water over the deck. Get over it."
>-Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, at Iona College,
>when asked about the court's landmark decision in December 2000
>that decided the presidential election in favor of George W.  Bush

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