No grand wizard

[Laurence Horn]

On Nov 10, 2011, at 3:27 PM, Victor Steinbok wrote:

> Big flop yesterday morning from David Gregory.
>
Is that like a big flap only more so?

> http://goo.gl/JP0kY
>> On NBC's "Today" this morning, David Gregory--the host of "Meet the
>> Press"--was addressing the lack of Republican infrastructure that
>> might encourage a beleaguered Herman Cain to leave the GOP
>> presidential contest.
>> He chose his words poorly. Said Gregory:
>>
>>    "Well there is no, you know, grand wizard in the party right now
>>    who can really force the issue."
> ...
> BTW, Gregory pronounces Bialik as "Bee-'elik". Are there no Slavs or
> Yiddish-speakers in the media?
>
Well, better "Bee-'elik" than "Buy-a-lick", I guess.

LH

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