Those frightful Republicans

[Paul Johnston]

He was a darn good pitcher though.

Paul Johnston
On Sep 25, 2008, at 7:44 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:

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> Jim Bunning told Treasury Secretary Paulson, at Tuesday's senate
> committee meeting, "I am frightful almost to the point of panic
> because I don't see a plan to address this financial crisis we are
> in."
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> I too am frightful about former professional baseball players who
> become Republican U.S. senators.
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> Frightful:  "{dag}1. subjectively. Full of terror; timid;
> alarmed."  Last citation 1802.  As obsolete as Bunning, who also said
> the bailout plan is un-American.
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> "2.b. Horrible to contemplate, shocking, dreadful, revolting. Often
> hyperbolically applied to bad or annoying things; cf. awful, fearful,
> terrible, etc."  If I were to say "I am frightful", I would just have
> looked in a mirror.
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> Joel
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