Taking Bush Serious(ly)

[Beverly Flanigan]

At 11:22 AM 3/4/02 -0500, you wrote:
>sagehen wrote:
> >
> >   Robert Fitzke wrote:
> > >Another Bush-ism I've read about is his use of the phrase "not over my
> dead
> > >body" in reference to a tax increase. I expected some comments about this
> > >use but have seen none. Wouldn't the appropriate phrase be "over my dead
> > >body"?
> > >
> > >Bob (a lurker)
> > ~~~~~~~~
> > Maybe this one was so ridiculous  that it left people speechless. I never
> > even heard any of the usual spinners that follow in the wake take this one
> > on.  Probably holding their breaths hoping it would just fade away.
> > A. Murie
>
>
>It may be that the talking heads are not comfortable referring to the
>'president's dead body', and thought better of correcting this one.

Nah!  In fact, several commentators on PBS noted it wryly.  (On the other
hand, NPR people make so many goofs themselves they probably didn't even
notice....)

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