cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs

[Jonathan Lighter]

I heard somebody else use this phrase on CNN in the past week (as a synonym
for "crazy" or "crazily enthusiastic").

JL
On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Victor Steinbok <aardvark66 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> In 20 years,  will anyone know what this means?
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> "That in itself speaks volumes about the cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs essence
> of the contemporary GOP."
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> Or will we be analyzing it as some sort of alliterative iteration?
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>      VS-)
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> PS: If anyone cares about the origin, that's Kathleen Geier, subbing on
> weekends at the Washington Monthly blog.
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