words of one syllable dept. revisited

[Wilson Gray]

I think that he said what he meant. His internal politician-speak
censor let one slip through.

-Wilson

On Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), being interviewed on MS-NBC a minute ago
> on why he's so impressed with Sarah Palin (although he's never met
> her) and so unimpressed with Barack Obama, who he sees as a captive
> of special interests:
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> "Sen. McCain has always pushed the status quo and I believe Gov.
> Palin will do the same."
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> Presumably, he meant 'pushed against' rather than 'promoted'.
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> LH
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