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[Andy Bach]

> "It is inconceivable to me that minutes after an Oval Office address ...

I don't think that word means what you think it does.  Alas, far too
conceivable.

On Thu, Mar 12, 2020 at 6:31 AM Jonathan Lighter <wuxxmupp2000 at gmail.com>
wrote:

> David Axelrod on CNN:
>
> "It is inconceivable to me that minutes after an Oval Office address in the
> midst of a major crisis, that [sic] you have to engage in a series of
> skinbacks to correct what the nation just heard."
>
> Etymological comment gratuitous?
>
> 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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