"breathless" = breathtaking (Michele Bachmann)

Ben Zimmer bgzimmer at BABEL.LING.UPENN.EDU
Sun Jul 22 19:37:08 UTC 2012


Perhaps merely a breathless Bachmannism...

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/story/2012-07-20/bachmann-brotherhood-comments/56370300/1
"The influence today of the Muslim Brotherhood at the highest levels,
from the White House, to the Pentagon, to the FBI, even to our United
States military, truly is breathless and people have to know about
it," Bachmann said.
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--bgz

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