Water over the deck? (Antonin Scalia)

[Joel S. Berson]

At 1/25/2007 12:36 PM, Bapopik wrote:
>TOO LATE FOR A RECOUNT, FOLKS
>
>
>January 25, 2007 -- "It's water over the deck. Get over it."
>-Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, at Iona College,
>when asked about the court's landmark decision in December 2000
>that decided the presidential election in favor of George W.  Bush

An interesting image for Scalia to choose.  A Freudian slip (not
saying "water under the bridge"), reflecting a sense of impending
disaster?  Did he also imagine the rats deserting the ship?

Joel

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