don rumfeld's colloquial language

[Grant Barrett]

On 5/8/02 14:16, "James A. Landau" <JJJRLandau at AOL.COM> wrote:

> Not very interesting.  Rumfeld simply uses "dickens" or "the dickens" where
> most people would say "hell".  Try substituting "hell" in each of the examples
> above.

That's why it's interesting. My impression is that his "oh my goodness"
public persona is a polite cover for scorching hot cursing in private.