appalled = "astounded" (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Marc Velasco]

You think it was the case of the dyslexic teleprompter?


On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 6:08 PM, Mullins, Bill AMRDEC
<Bill.Mullins at us.army.mil> wrote:
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> Maybe he meant to say "you'll applaud and be very excited for her".
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>> Introducing an item about an industrious Girl Scout who won a
>> trip to Europe, a _Fox & Friends_ anchor promised "You'll be
>> appalled and very excited for her!"
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>>   Seems the girl sold 17,328 boxes of cookies. Astounding,
>> but not appalling.
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>>   On the other hand, her methods of persuasion went unexplained....
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>>   JL
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