The buck stops here?

[Laurence Horn]

>Did y'all notice that Speaker Hastert began his much heralded
>statement to the press last week by quoting the expression "The buck
>stops here" (with an oblique but clear attribuiton to Harry
>Truman)--then proceded to deny any responsibility?  He rejected the
>buck!
>
>Did he not know what the proverb MEANS--or was he able to assume
>that Fox News (and the other news outlets) would decline to point
>out the disconnect between the proverb and the substance of his
>statement?
>
The key is that you have to actually spin the buck when you say it,
and hope it doesn't end up pointing at you.

LH

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