cuckoo-for-cocoa-puffs
Dan Goncharoff
thegonch at GMAIL.COM
Sun Aug 26 02:18:01 UTC 2012
"Where's the Beef?" is still going strong after 28 years.
DanG
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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