Syntactic blending

[Se�n Fitzpatrick]

Marty Moss-Coane, host of Radio Times, a local interview-call in show on WHYY-FM, Phila.:
  "Schwarzenegger is very liberal on a lot of HIGH BUTTON issues...high..high intensity...uh...important...uh...big issues."
Her reaction was midway between those of other blenders described here:  instantly aware that she had not hit the cliche that she wanted, but unable--at least on mike--to find either "hot button" or "high profile".
Seán Fitzpatrick