Words of One Syllable department

[Laurence Horn]

(as the New Yorker would call it, except that they wouldn't print this one)

a Freudian typo from the AP, noticed by the Daily Kos:
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>Tuesday, Aug. 19, 2008 13:33 EDT
>>From an AP report
><<http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/18/231756/586/368/570163>http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/18/231756/586/368/570163>
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>His top contenders are said to include Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty
>and  former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney. Less traditional choices
>mentioned  include former Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Ridge, an
>abortion-rights supporter, and  Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman, the
>Democratic vice presidential prick in 2000 who now is an independent.
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