interesting metalinguistic contrast

[Wilson Gray]

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 12:12 AM, Laurence Horn <laurence.horn at yale.edu> wrote:
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> Herman Cain, in Oct. 1 interview on the Neal Boortz show, on why he=92s =
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> "He's never been part of the black experience in America. I can talk
> about that. I can talk about what it really meant to be po' before I  was poor. He can't."
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"He's never been part of the black experience in America. I can talk
about that.
I can talk about what it really meant to be po' before I  was poor. He can't."

That's Cain's asshole talking, because his mouth knows better.

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All say, "How hard it is that we have to die!"---a strange complaint
to come from the mouths of people who have had to live.
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