Blend: "curried to the right" (= curried favor with the right)

[Gerald Cohen]

    From columnist Ellen Goodman, "Mistakes? We've Made a Few," _St.
Louis Post-Dispatch_, Sunday, Dec. 28, 2003, Section B, p. 3, col. 1:
        "...As for the column saying President Bush 'curried to the
right,' it turns out that he can curry favor with the right or he can
cater to the right, but he can't curry to them.  No matter how much
he tries."

Gerald Cohen