Awesome linguistic gymnastics

[Joel S. Berson]

"back to my image as a tough huntin' and fishin' gal."

I think I heard Palin quoted, or perhaps paraphrased, as going out to
"kill salmon".

Do the weapons of fishers need protection too?  The NRRA -- National
Rifle & Rod Association.

The article "ends" "Thomas L. Friedman is off today."  Maureen Dowd was on.

Joel

At 7/8/2009 08:31 AM, Jonathan Lighter wrote:
>CNN reports that one reason she quit was that she was fed up with "frivolous
>lawsuits."  When asked if she mightn't be annoyed with similarly frivolous
>suits as president, she replied, "No, because the Department of Law would
>protect me."
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> > Maureen Dowd shows that she is the print equivalent of Tina Fey.
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