Foolish Democratic Quotations of 2009

[Dennis Baron]

not at all foolish, and very true (ok, the truth can be foolish, I
suppose). Is what Alan Grayson said about Republican health care
foolish? Nope.
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On Nov 29, 2009, at 12:40 PM, Benjamin Zimmer wrote:

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> On Sun, Nov 29, 2009 at 1:19 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:
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>> How about Obama's "They hang on to their guns and
>> religion" quote about Pennsylvania?  Not
>> necessarily foolish, but something I'm sure he
>> regretted ever saying.  What are the criteria for
>> foolishness?
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> That was from '08, of course, though Fred didn't include it (or
> anything else
> from Obama) on last year's list.
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> --Ben Zimmer
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