"Bona Fides" (bone-a fee-deez?)

[Bapopik at AOL.COM]

On NY's "Inside City Hall," Congressman Vito Fossella (the lonely
Republican, from Staten Island) mentioned that a Republican candidate had "bona  fides."
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He said "bone-a fee-deez." I like "fi-deez."
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Does anyone like Vito's use?

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