hiking the Appalachian trail (was Re: went walkabout)

[Joel S. Berson]

At 6/25/2009 02:15 PM, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:
>And Josh Marshall of TPM is now using it instead of just talking about it:
>
>http://www.talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/2009/06/if_nothing_else_weve_learned.php
>"That's not to say that some high profile Dems haven't been found
>Hiking the Appalachian Trail in recent years. John Edwards and Eliot
>Spitzer come immediately to mind."

But did Edwards and Spitzer leave their realms without
government?  IIFC, no. One should not only be having an illicit
affair but also have gone missing to have this euphemism thrown at one.

Joel

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