Awesome linguistic gymnastics

[Jonathan Lighter]

CNN reports that one reason she quit was that she was fed up with "frivolous
lawsuits."  When asked if she mightn't be annoyed with similarly frivolous
suits as president, she replied, "No, because the Department of Law would
protect me."

IANMTU.

JL



On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 6:29 AM, Bill Palmer <w_a_palmer at bellsouth.net>wrote:

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> Maureen Dowd shows that she is the print equivalent of Tina Fey.
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