eggcorn?

[Joel S. Berson]

At 4/19/2008 10:27 AM, JAMES A. LANDAU Netscape. Just the Net You Need. wrote:

>My daughter perpetrated the following in an analysis of the current
>Democratic Presidential nomination status:
>
>"Well, you have to give Democrats points for both genuine
>sentiment and shrew poltiical planning."

Deconstructing this text, I conclude she is an Obama supporter and a
Clinton detractor.

Joel

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