[Ads-l] QOTD

Joel Berson berson at ATT.NET
Sat Mar 26 15:34:36 UTC 2016


"May be" maybe for the same reason Trump said the National Inquirer story about Cruz's alleged infidelities "I have no idea whether or not the cover story about Ted Cruz in this week’s issue of the National Enquirer is true or not" -- as contrasted with "is", one is not under pressure to produce evidence.  DNA?

Joel





      From: Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
 To: ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU 
 Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2016 7:53 AM
 Subject: [ADS-L] QOTD
   
Ted Cruz:

"Donald Trump may be a rat, but I have no desire to copulate with him."

Huh? Why not "is a rat" and "and"? Even then....


JL

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"If the truth is half as bad as I think it is, you can't handle the truth."

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