Another "towing the line"

[Laurence Horn]

At 3:11 PM -0500 5/20/08, Scot LaFaive wrote:
>  >He is not interested in "towing the party line."
>
>I wonder how much that weighs...
>
>Scot

Well, donkeys aren't as heavy as elephants.  But "towing the line"
was a relatively early-cited eggcorn (or mondegreen, as we used to
call them...or pullet surprise).

LH

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>On Tue, May 20, 2008 at 12:55 PM, sagehen <sagehen at westelcom.com> wrote:
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>>     Got an email just now urging independents to support the candidacy of
>>  Charlie Brown for Congress (CA-04). He's on the Democratic ticket, but the
>>  plug assures the reader that he is not interested in "towing the party
>>  line."
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