Those frightful Republicans

[Joel S. Berson]

At 9/25/2008 01:24 PM, Paul Johnston wrote:
>He was a darn good pitcher though.

Not mediocre, f'sure.

Joel


>Paul Johnston
>On Sep 25, 2008, at 7:44 AM, Joel S. Berson wrote:
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>>Jim Bunning told Treasury Secretary Paulson, at Tuesday's senate
>>committee meeting, "I am frightful almost to the point of panic
>>because I don't see a plan to address this financial crisis we are
>>in."
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>>I too am frightful about former professional baseball players who
>>become Republican U.S. senators.
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>>Frightful:  "{dag}1. subjectively. Full of terror; timid;
>>alarmed."  Last citation 1802.  As obsolete as Bunning, who also said
>>the bailout plan is un-American.
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>>"2.b. Horrible to contemplate, shocking, dreadful, revolting. Often
>>hyperbolically applied to bad or annoying things; cf. awful, fearful,
>>terrible, etc."  If I were to say "I am frightful", I would just have
>>looked in a mirror.
>>
>>Joel
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