"The Dog That Didn't Bite"

[Doug_Harris]

Sorry, it was Pat Buchanan, NOT Chris Matthews. I was
listening, not looking, and they _do_ kinda sorta sound
a bit alike. Maybe.
dh
I said:
Chris Matthews, commenting on the debate, just said "the dog
that didn't bite, to use a Sherlock Holmes term, the dog that
didn't bite [repeating the term] was the ...." guy Obama was
"palling around with," in Palin's phrasing.
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Didn't _bite_?
Didn't _bark_, I think Sherlock said.
dh

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